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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Business ETC]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[It might be time to say goodbye to those tiny cent coins]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-cent-coins-908353-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:103385e4-814f-0edc-7961-5159e6c628c9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-commission-cent-coins-908353-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The European Commission is looking at replacing one and two cent coins or getting rid of them entirely due to the costs involved in making them.]]></summary>
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<author><name>AFP</name>
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</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Consumers ‘weathering the storm’ as experts predict recession is bottoming out]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/consumer-confidence-903255-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/consumer-confidence-903255-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[However a report shows 60 per cent of adults still believe their income will be lower this time next year. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[CPI: Price of alcohol, tobacco and education up, cost of shoes down]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cpi-cso-inflation-901939-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3307ab85-a058-e2a5-82cf-2839061ce64a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cpi-cso-inflation-901939-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Consumer prices in April were up by 0.5 per cent when compared to the same month last year.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Consumer Prices" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CPI" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
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<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Eurozone inflation hits new low, raising prospect of ECB rate cut ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-inflation-ecb-rate-cut-890288-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c0d21667-f920-d2b6-cc6d-9fa23aac32de</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-inflation-ecb-rate-cut-890288-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The governing council of the European Central Bank meets on Thursday where it could provide a fresh boost to mortgage holders. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Cost of Living" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ECB" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Central Bank" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortgage Holders" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Rate Cut" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Gold prices hit biggest slump in 30 years]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/gold-prices-hits-biggest-slump-in-30-years-872102-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:572a771d-1184-5bf1-0421-542a9fabaab9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/gold-prices-hits-biggest-slump-in-30-years-872102-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It’s believed that the market is spooked by weak growth in China and the possibility that Cyprus is to sell off some of its gold reserves.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="metals" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cost of living in Ireland rises 0.4 per cent in March]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-inflation-march-2013-865971-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:de785efd-b76e-fe71-ab98-691902d58abc</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-inflation-march-2013-865971-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It’s 0.5 per cent more expensive to live in Ireland now than it was a year ago.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Economic activity needed to solve ‘fiscal and unemployment crisis’ – SFA]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/small-firms-association-sfa-economic-activity-spring-economic-statement-853067-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:26a5c6c3-2f33-6dd8-133d-196cb506ac6a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/small-firms-association-sfa-economic-activity-spring-economic-statement-853067-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Small Firms Association has said that a lowering of the cost of employment along with strong political leadership is required for economic recovery.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="SFA" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Small businesses" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="SMEs" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU leaders battle over budget at tough summit]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-leaders-battle-over-budget-at-tough-summit-787651-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b316bb32-d18a-6c12-598e-c9d0afdc8292</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-leaders-battle-over-budget-at-tough-summit-787651-Feb2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Countries like Britain are insisting that the EU has to make the same drastic cuts that member nations are making in their own budgets.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EU Budget" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Council" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="negotiation" />
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<author><name>Associated Press</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/associated-press/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[CPI shows inflation rose by 1.2% in December]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cpi-shows-inflation-up-by-1-2-in-december-757952-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6d451d60-e1b0-d617-b9db-cf413b14b02c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cpi-shows-inflation-up-by-1-2-in-december-757952-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The most significant monthly price changes were in restaurants and hotels, food and non-alcoholic beverages and health insurance and hairdressing.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Price rise" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cost of living in the Eurozone rose by 2.2pc in 2012]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-inflation-2012-740235-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c5786f9a-033e-b41e-71a9-a16ea467275b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-inflation-2012-740235-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The EU’s Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices shows inflation at 2.2 per cent, its lowest annual rate in six months.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurostat" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[An Post seeks 18 per cent hike on price of stamps]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/an-post-wants-18pc-stamp-increase-724951-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b1f5ab0c-c992-7533-f1af-9c415f935bd5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/an-post-wants-18pc-stamp-increase-724951-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[An Post wants to increase the price of a standard letter from 55c to 65c, the first increase since 2007.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="An Post" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ComReg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Cost of postage" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Letters" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Postage stamps" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stamps" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cost of living falls by 0.4 per cent in November]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-down-november-713732-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d29e8e8b-fcfc-9749-9938-74c6ef5d3fef</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-down-november-713732-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The latest CSO figures indicate that Ireland has seen deflation for five of the last six months. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Statistics" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fall in annual inflation rate in October]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rate-666370-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a50775db-a1dc-f9d3-943a-7a594a41ab5e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rate-666370-Nov2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Figures from the CSO show prices for transport fell last month while increasing third level costs drove education up.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Consumer Price Index" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Statistics" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Toll charges set to increase by 10c]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/toll-charges-increase-10c-633168-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:38928a30-5de8-f7d5-3fdc-1cae60a65156</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/toll-charges-increase-10c-633168-Oct2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Drivers will be hit with a 10c toll hike from January 2013.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Toll Roads" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tolls" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Inflation eases to 1.6 per cent despite rise in clothing and alcohol prices]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-eases-to-1-6-per-cent-despite-rise-in-clothing-and-alcohol-prices-630804-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1cbadbf1-4bf7-79c1-5355-8fa4ea03a3c5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-eases-to-1-6-per-cent-despite-rise-in-clothing-and-alcohol-prices-630804-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-eases-to-1-6-per-cent-despite-rise-in-clothing-and-alcohol-prices-630804-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The price of goods and services in Ireland rose 1.6 per cent in the 12 months to September 2012. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Cigarettes and Alcohol" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Clothing" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Consumer Prices" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Cost of Living" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Prices" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[IMF says Argentina faces ‘red card’ over bad data]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/imf-argentina-bad-data-608660-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0a2ed989-1cb7-0d50-24a8-4f7ad230d561</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/imf-argentina-bad-data-608660-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/imf-argentina-bad-data-608660-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Christine Lagarde said Argentina has until December to produce data on growth and inflation – or else face censure. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Argentina" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Censure" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Christine Lagarde" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Data" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Growth" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="red card" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cost of living rose by 0.6pc in August]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-ireland-august-593784-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:80d1f6aa-b7b6-5b21-644d-890369e796e1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-ireland-august-593784-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-ireland-august-593784-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The increase in the third-level student contribution and the rising price of petrol have the largest impact in the inflation rate.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Energy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Home heating" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Housing" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Statistics" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Transport" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bananas and pineapples will be getting more expensive]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/price-of-bananas-582673-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ee0a3010-f857-3793-ed11-3a0e9ab408ac</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/price-of-bananas-582673-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/price-of-bananas-582673-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Fyffes says it’ll have to increase its sales prices as the cost of fruit and fuel goes up and while the euro weakens.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/09/cc-robin_24-banana-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bananas" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="fruit" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fyffes" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Pineapples" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="You've been warned" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Inflation rises to 2.6 per cent in Britain]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rises-to-2-6-per-cent-in-britain-557846-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:44a5b638-d6b0-666f-4d95-7e8541dedc45</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rises-to-2-6-per-cent-in-britain-557846-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rises-to-2-6-per-cent-in-britain-557846-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Unexpected inflation increase could impact on market expectations of further stimulus from Bank of England.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of England" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Britain" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="British Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="GBP" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Office for National Statistics" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="POUND" />
<author><name>Associated Press</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/associated-press/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Education costs up 9.4 per cent in year to July]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/education-costs-up-9-4-per-cent-in-year-to-july-551712-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1f43c9fb-60ac-26fe-aacf-45f2328f95d3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/education-costs-up-9-4-per-cent-in-year-to-july-551712-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/education-costs-up-9-4-per-cent-in-year-to-july-551712-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Latest Consumer Price Index from the CSO shows increases in education, transport, alcohol and tobacco since July 2011.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Central Statistics Office" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Consumer Price" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Consumers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CPI" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="July 2012" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Prices" />
<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Even Germany’s cost of borrowing is beginning to rise again]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/even-germanys-cost-of-borrowing-is-beginning-to-rise-again-484965-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4dc8b346-b286-2ce0-0354-af9cf20784b0</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/even-germanys-cost-of-borrowing-is-beginning-to-rise-again-484965-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/even-germanys-cost-of-borrowing-is-beginning-to-rise-again-484965-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Although Germany’s bond yields are still far lower than a year ago, it’s been rising sharply in the last few days…]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/06/PA-13786899-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Angela Merkel" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bond Markets" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="German economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Germany" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Inflation up 1.8 per cent over year to May 2012]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/consumer-price-index-stats-expenses-spending-cso-inflation-477711-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:367775ae-265a-c88d-e3e5-80967df83c99</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/consumer-price-index-stats-expenses-spending-cso-inflation-477711-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/consumer-price-index-stats-expenses-spending-cso-inflation-477711-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Consumer price index was unchanged between April and May but shows increases in education, transport, food and services over 12 months.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Consumer Price Index" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Expenses" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Prices" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spending" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stats" />
<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Grocery sales fall by 0.2 per cent ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/grocery-sales-fall-by-0-2-per-cent-466309-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6856c241-a468-097f-9b80-d5abe71b5129</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/grocery-sales-fall-by-0-2-per-cent-466309-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/grocery-sales-fall-by-0-2-per-cent-466309-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[But own-brand labels grow by 2.3 per cent year-on-year, as shoppers attempt to make savings.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/05/pa-13585213-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Aldi" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Groceries" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Kantar Worldpanel" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Lidl" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Retail" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Retailers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Sales" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Shoppers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Supervalu" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tesco" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Consumer prices increase by 1.9 per cent]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/consumer-prices-increase-by-1-9-per-cent-446372-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7beaacb5-c0c7-e3e4-269c-693379c28f09</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/consumer-prices-increase-by-1-9-per-cent-446372-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/consumer-prices-increase-by-1-9-per-cent-446372-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Central Statistics Office figures show consumer prices increased by 1.9 per cent in the year to the end of April. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Prices" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spending" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stats" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Irish grocery market slips back into decline – report ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-grocery-market-slips-back-into-decline-report-404080-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1fc792db-fadf-bf63-7d9d-7768dc2c7c9d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-grocery-market-slips-back-into-decline-report-404080-Apr2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The grocery sector declined by 0.5 per cent last year due to falling inflation. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Sales" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spending" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tesco" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cost of living rose by 0.9 per cent in February]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-rose-by-0-9-per-cent-in-february-385266-Mar2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:360adf85-ac67-e935-b53b-7597f2f8637f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-rose-by-0-9-per-cent-in-february-385266-Mar2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-rose-by-0-9-per-cent-in-february-385266-Mar2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Surging costs of clothing and footwear, and bumps to the cost of transport and furniture, mean inflation is on the up.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/03/Photocall-0054-Passengers-00118040-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Cost of Living" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Furniture" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Statistics" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Transport" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cost of living fell by 0.5 per cent in January]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-fell-by-0-5-per-cent-in-january-363633-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1addd38f-d574-a8dc-09b8-6401828e3416</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-fell-by-0-5-per-cent-in-january-363633-Feb2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-fell-by-0-5-per-cent-in-january-363633-Feb2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[You might’nt have noticed, but technically you got a pay rise – though the cost of living is still 2.2 per cent higher than last year.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Cost of Living" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Deflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurostat" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Statistics" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[That’s one less bill for the new Comptroller and Auditor General to worry about]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/thats-one-less-bill-for-the-new-comptroller-and-auditor-general-to-worry-about-359263-Feb2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d484f174-4c93-81ff-a9e4-7e27a127e21e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/thats-one-less-bill-for-the-new-comptroller-and-auditor-general-to-worry-about-359263-Feb2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/thats-one-less-bill-for-the-new-comptroller-and-auditor-general-to-worry-about-359263-Feb2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Michael Noonan has signed off on a €41,000 pay cut for whoever succeeds John Buckley as the country’s chief accountant. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="accountant" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Comptroller" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Inflation drops in December across eurozone and UK ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-drops-in-december-across-eurozone-and-uk-330300-Jan2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-drops-in-december-across-eurozone-and-uk-330300-Jan2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The fall in inflation has raised hopes that the European Central Bank may reduce interest rates. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Euro nears 12-month low after poor demand at German auction]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/euro-nears-12-month-low-after-poor-demand-at-german-auction-319928-Jan2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4e2ece4b-e84b-7a2c-f675-aa6c2d40c3ec</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/euro-nears-12-month-low-after-poor-demand-at-german-auction-319928-Jan2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/euro-nears-12-month-low-after-poor-demand-at-german-auction-319928-Jan2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[While the demand for the latest batch of 10-year bonds was higher than November, it was far below the usual standard.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bond Markets" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Markets" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The single image that explains what happens if we leave the euro ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/the-single-image-that-explains-what-happens-if-we-leave-the-euro-308879-Dec2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:50381e39-d32e-2d1c-c735-ef91797e2170</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/the-single-image-that-explains-what-happens-if-we-leave-the-euro-308879-Dec2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/the-single-image-that-explains-what-happens-if-we-leave-the-euro-308879-Dec2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[This image from Boston Consulting Group provides a handy guide to the practical impact of leaving the common currency.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="BCG" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Boston Consulting Group" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Savings" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Inflation rate remains unchanged in November]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rate-remains-unchanged-in-november-299822-Dec2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:77208d0b-bff3-19bb-b952-3d316b4aafdb</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rate-remains-unchanged-in-november-299822-Dec2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rate-remains-unchanged-in-november-299822-Dec2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The cost of living remained unchanged in November, meaning the annual inflation rate is at 2.9 per cent.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CSO" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Inflation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Statistics" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Inflation rose to 2.8 per cent in October – CSO ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rose-to-2-8-per-cent-in-october-cso-275816-Nov2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b2df66cb-0b9a-2c65-e853-66665ec851a9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rose-to-2-8-per-cent-in-october-cso-275816-Nov2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rose-to-2-8-per-cent-in-october-cso-275816-Nov2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The rate is up from 2.6 per cent in September. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Inflation rose to 2.6 per cent in September ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rose-to-2-6-per-cent-in-september-252946-Oct2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:227b710d-0176-d57d-b674-362899afc5e8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rose-to-2-6-per-cent-in-september-252946-Oct2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/inflation-rose-to-2-6-per-cent-in-september-252946-Oct2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The annual rate of inflation rose from 2.2 per cent in August to 2.6 per cent last month, the CSO has said today. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Blow for mortgage holders as Eurozone inflation hits three-year high]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/blow-for-mortgage-holders-as-eurozone-inflation-hits-three-year-high-241231-Sep2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9676fd52-8482-f5b0-28c2-c021ccaa7311</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/blow-for-mortgage-holders-as-eurozone-inflation-hits-three-year-high-241231-Sep2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/blow-for-mortgage-holders-as-eurozone-inflation-hits-three-year-high-241231-Sep2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The surprising surge in interest makes it less likely that the ECB will cut interest rates – a blow for struggling mortgage holders.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2011/09/PA-7251937-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Germany" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cost of living increased by 0.2 per cent in August]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-increased-by-0-2-per-cent-in-august-220582-Sep2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:651a42e3-b6f2-0a5e-cb33-5b9cb57da1da</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-increased-by-0-2-per-cent-in-august-220582-Sep2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-living-increased-by-0-2-per-cent-in-august-220582-Sep2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Central Statistics Office says the annual rate of inflation in Ireland stood at 2.2 per cent as of the end of August.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Economy" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland has the lowest inflation rate in the EU]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-has-the-lowest-inflation-rate-in-the-eu-203642-Aug2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:492d9e01-acfb-4d4f-a77e-cc038ae1d38f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-has-the-lowest-inflation-rate-in-the-eu-203642-Aug2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It’s not all bad news when it comes to Ireland and our economy – we have a 1 per cent inflation rate, compared to 5.3 per cent in Estonia. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Irish inflation flat at 2.7 per cent]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-inflation-flat-at-2-7-per-cent-198804-Aug2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7b8957cf-f020-5e10-b346-c358d86bddf5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-inflation-flat-at-2-7-per-cent-198804-Aug2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[CSO monthly figures reveal Irish inflation rate at 2.7 per cent for three months in-a-row. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Mortgage holders braced for ECB interest rate hike]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bad-news-for-mortgage-holders-with-ecb-poised-to-raise-interest-rates-171825-Jul2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c892aa36-ca8e-0af2-d439-aa8ac9e8783a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bad-news-for-mortgage-holders-with-ecb-poised-to-raise-interest-rates-171825-Jul2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bad-news-for-mortgage-holders-with-ecb-poised-to-raise-interest-rates-171825-Jul2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A hike of 0.25 per cent is expected – bad news for those with tracker and standard variable rate mortgages.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Emer McLysaght</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Rate of inflation rises to 2.7 per cent, but slowing]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/rate-of-inflation-rises-to-2-7-per-cent-but-slowing-151702-Jun2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f0c4fc61-52b4-8148-2ee4-99c4e9ee7c1e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/rate-of-inflation-rises-to-2-7-per-cent-but-slowing-151702-Jun2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/rate-of-inflation-rises-to-2-7-per-cent-but-slowing-151702-Jun2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:44:18+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[New statistics from the Central Statistics Office show that inflation increased by only 0.1 per cent last month.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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