Thursday, June 23, 2011

Ireland had balance of payments surplus last year

The Irish Times - Friday, June 24, 2011DAN O'BRIENREVISED FIGURES released yesterday show that Ireland last year recorded its first balance of payments surplus since 1999.According to the Central Statistics Office, the surplus stood at €761 million, revised from a deficit of €1.113 billion when the first estimate was published in March.In the first quarter of 2011, a deficit of just over €1 billion was recorded. This, however, does not suggest that the trend towards surplus, in evidence

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