So what are they going to do about it? Nothing. “It’s insane,” Michael Strain, an #economist with the #conservative leaning #AmericanEnterpris Institute, told me recently of Trump’s #tariffs. “This is an enormous self-inflicted wound on the #economy, and to see our government do this to #American #businesses and #households is something I never thought I would see.”
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“Thirty years ago, the average #buyer looked more like the #MedianIncome earner. But over time we’ve seen that shift [to] #households that are in the top two income quintiles, so top 40 per cent of income earners, and shift from being #SingleIncome earning households to #DualIncome households,”
#AusPol / #housing / #HousingCrisis / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Labor <https://archive.md/kbscP> / <https://www.theage.com.au/property/news/how-much-you-can-afford-to-spend-on-a-house-20250423-p5ltn1.html>
https://www.europesays.com/uk/19334/ Kinetic starts USD 13mn Fiber Internet Development » World Business Outlook #area #benefit #BroadbandServices #commerce #Courtyard #CrecentLakes #dynamic #expansion #FiberInternet #households #Internet #Investment #Neighborhood #Operations #SugarCreek #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom #WBO
The Department of #Transport in #Ireland is preparing its Statement of Strategy for 2025-2028, which will outline key goals and objectives aimed at creating an accessible, efficient, safe, and #sustainable transport system to support communities, #households, and #businesses. The Strategy will be informed by commitments from the Programme for Government, the Climate Action Plan, the National Development Plan, and other relevant policies. As part of the consultation process, the public is invited to submit their views, which will help shape the final Strategy. Feedback should be submitted by Monday, 31 March 2025.
https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/ccf92-public-consultation-on-the-department-of-transport-statement-of-strategy-2025-2028/
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Typically only a small number of career ofcls control #Treasury’s payment systems. Run by the Bureau of #Fiscal Service, the sensitive systems control the flow of >$6T annually to #households, #businesses & more nationwide. …Hundreds of millions of people across the country rely on the systems, which…distribute #SocialSecurity & #Medicare benefits, #salaries for federal personnel, payments to govt #contractors & #grant recipients & #TaxRefunds, among tens of thousands of other functions.
The Monthly Unemployment rate for November 2024 was 4.1%, down from 4.2% last month
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-mue/monthlyunemploymentnovember2024/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Mastodon&utm_campaign=MUENov24
#CSOIreland #Ireland #LabourForceSurvey #LabourForce #Households #Families #IrishFamilies #IrishHouseholds #LabourMarket #LiveRegister #Jobs #Employment #Unemployment
Industrial Disputes Quarter 3 2024 – PxStat Tables
The seasonally adjusted Live Register rose by 0.4% to 169,000 people over the month to October 2024
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-lr/liveregisteroctober2024/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=Livereg
The Monthly Unemployment rate for October 2024 was 4.2%, up from the 4.1% recorded last month
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-mue/monthlyunemploymentoctober2024/?utm_source=MA&utm_medium=MA&utm_campaign=unemployment
#CSOIreland #Ireland #LabourForceSurvey #LabourForce #Households #Families #IrishFamilies #IrishHouseholds #LabourMarket #LiveRegister #Jobs #Employment #Unemployment
In the Construction sector, men accounted for 86% of the total employments and 95% of the top earners.
https://cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dea/distributionofearningsbygenderandcounty2023/
#CSOIreland #Ireland #LabourForceSurvey #LabourForce #Households #Families #LabourMarket #LiveRegister #Jobs #Employment #Unemployment
The proportion of women in employments with earnings in the top 1% has risen from around 21% in 2018 to 26% in 2023.
https://cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dea/distributionofearningsbygenderandcounty2023/
#CSOIreland #Ireland #LabourForceSurvey #LabourForce #Households #Families #IrishFamilies #IrishHouseholds #Jobs #Employment #Unemployment
Over half (56.7%) of employments with earnings in the top 1% were held by those living in Dublin
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dea/distributionofearningsbygenderandcounty2023/?utm_source=MA&utm_medium=MA&utm_campaign=countyearnings
#CSOIreland #Ireland #LabourForceSurvey #LabourForce #Households #Families #IrishFamilies #IrishHouseholds #LabourMarket #LiveRegister #Jobs #Employment #Unemployment
More people were considering greener options when buying ICT devices in the first half of 2024 but price was still key
Usage of smart solutions both inside and outside the home has increased in 2024
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-smrt/smarttechnology2024/?utm_source=MA&utm_medium=MA&utm_campaign=Smart+Technology+2024
#CSOIreland #Ireland #Internet #InternetUsage #WorkingFromHome #InternetSecurity #InternetPurchase #ICTSkills #Households #Connectivity
Mobile banking, instant messaging, and buying clothes online were some of the most popular internet activities in Ireland in the first six months of 2024
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-isshdcb/householddigitalconsumerbehaviour2024/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Mastodon&utm_campaign=Household+Digital+Consumer+Behaviour+2024
#CSOIreland #Ireland #Internet #InternetUsage #WorkingFromHome #InternetSecurity #InternetPurchase #ICTSkills #Households #Connectivity
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The #jobs report arrives just 2 weeks after policymakers at the #FederalReserve reduced interest rates for the first time since 2020, in part due to labor market cooling. That move signaled that the era of painful #inflation has come to a close.
The half-point rate cut, which will lower borrowing #costs, is expected to bring relief to #households & #businesses eager to take out #loans.
The seasonally adjusted Live Register fell by 1.2% to 166,800 people over the month to September 2024
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-lr/liveregisterseptember2024/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=liveReg
#CSOIreland #Ireland #LabourForceSurvey #LabourForce #Households #Families #IrishFamilies #IrishHouseholds #LabourMarket #LiveRegister #Jobs #Employment #Unemployment
The Monthly Unemployment rate for September 2024 was 4.3%, down 0.1 percentage points from the previous month
Four in ten daily internet users in Ireland in the first half of 2024 are almost always online
