The engine that has powered our growth model since the financial crash is slowing, and there’s little the government can do about it – but the bigger question is whether we will see a sudden, big drop in the corporate tax take
There is very little data available on housing wealth inequality yet it plays a big part in politics – over 75 per cent of non-homeowners plan to vote for Sinn Féin and other left parties at the next election
A rumoured rise in interest rates should put the brakes on house prices and “stabilise” the market, an associate professor of political economy has said.