Gerard Brady
@gerardbrady100.bsky.social
Head of National Policy and Chief Economist at Ibec. Member of the National Economic and Social Council. Longford exile. Views my own.
Hard to know. Lots of speculation about 232 or sectoral special tariffs. But hard to know for sure what the current US admin is thinking. Lots of intra-company intermediates in those exports and lack of skilled capacity for substitutability domestically doesn't make it an easy one - same on chips.
April 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hard to know. Lots of speculation about 232 or sectoral special tariffs. But hard to know for sure what the current US admin is thinking. Lots of intra-company intermediates in those exports and lack of skilled capacity for substitutability domestically doesn't make it an easy one - same on chips.
Oh yeah, I mean the whole thing, not just yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Oh yeah, I mean the whole thing, not just yesterday.
We sometimes give out about localism, etc. But I think that openness of the syste is a really important part of mediating between local communities and a highly globalised society/economy. Not every country has it.
November 28, 2024 at 9:29 PM
We sometimes give out about localism, etc. But I think that openness of the syste is a really important part of mediating between local communities and a highly globalised society/economy. Not every country has it.
I'd probably be pushing it if I said there should be a question on our response and Europe's to Draghi/Letta, which is equally an important debate as the US questions.
November 26, 2024 at 8:00 PM
I'd probably be pushing it if I said there should be a question on our response and Europe's to Draghi/Letta, which is equally an important debate as the US questions.
Chart from this excellent Isabel Schnabel presentation on the green transition and higher rates. Really relevant now.
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...
Monetary policy tightening and the green transition
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...
www.ecb.europa.eu
November 21, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Chart from this excellent Isabel Schnabel presentation on the green transition and higher rates. Really relevant now.
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...