Irish jobs boom continue, for now
 
 
  • The recent exceptional growth in the Irish labour market continued in the first quarter of 2025
  • At a sectorial level the overturn was broadly positive
  • Unemployment remains low ticking down to a 4% rate in Q1 2025 from 4.3% in Q4 204
  • While the LFS data remain positive there have been signs of cooling in other jobs data of late
  • Turning to the week ahead with the main highlights will be the US core-PCE inflation for April
  • Elsewhere in a holiday shortened week in the US personal income and consumption data are due

 
 
 
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