Overview - April 2021 - Bank of Ireland Economic Pulse

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                                     April 2021
Overview - April 2021 - Bank of Ireland Economic Pulse
”On the housing front, households throughout the country raised their expectations
                                                                                                for future price gains this month.”
April 2021                                                                                                                           Dr Loretta O’Sullivan,
                                                                                                                     Group Chief Economist, Bank of Ireland

The Bank of Ireland Regional Pulses     KEY POINTS                     REGIONAL PULSES
bring together the views of                                             Three Month Moving Averages
households and firms around the
country. The results for April 2021
(3 month moving average basis) show
that sentiment was up on the month      •   Regional Pulse                    Dublin            Rest of Leinster                 Munster              Connacht/Ulster
across the board.                           readings higher in                Pulse                  Pulse                        Pulse                   Pulse
                                            April
The steps being taken to restart the
economy and society and the             •   Some easing of Level
expectation of a wider re-opening in
                                            5 restrictions
                                                                              76.0                    73.8                       75.4                        79.5
the months ahead helped brighten the
mood - firms in all regions were more
upbeat about business activity and      •   More in prospect
                                                                           +8.5 on previous       +5.3 on previous            +8.2 on previous           +11.5 on previous
jobs this month, while the share of                                         index reading          index reading               index reading               index reading
households holding out on spending
because they are not sure what way
economic policy is going to go was
lower in all regions.

                                                                                                      Rest of Leinster refers to Leinster excluding Dublin. Ulster only refers to
                                                                                                      Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan.
Overview - April 2021 - Bank of Ireland Economic Pulse
April 2021

       GENERAL ECONOMIC SITUATION               Past 12 Months   HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL SITUATION            Past 12 Months

                           1%     2%     1%        1%                                7%     5%     4%      3%
                           2%     1%     5%        4%                                18%    14%    13%     14%

                           8%     15%    9%       10%                                50%    57%    59%     56%

                           37%    30%    35%      30%                                18%    17%    18%     22%
                           49%    49%    47%      52%                                6%     7%     5%      5%

                           -66%   -62%   -61%     -64%                               +1%    -3%    -3%     -6%
        Change on                                                 Change on          +5
                            0     +5      +9       +1                                        -1    +3       -2
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       GENERAL ECONOMIC SITUATION               Next 12 Months   HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL SITUATION            Next 12 Months

                           10%    16%    8%       11%                                7%     11%    9%      7%
                           39%    38%    40%      40%                                27%    17%    26%     28%
                           13%    12%    9%       14%                                56%    58%    53%     54%
                           20%    17%    21%      16%                                9%     9%     9%      6%
                           15%    16%    23%      16%                                0%     2%     1%      2%
                           +5%    +10%   -6%      +6%                                +15%   +13%   +16%   +16%
        Change on          +2     +13    -16       +8             Change on          +2                    +8
                                                                                            +7     +6
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April 2021

House Price and Rents Expectations
DUBLIN                            REST OF LEINSTER                 MUNSTER                           CONNACHT/ULSTER
Next 12 Months                    Next 12 Months                   Next 12 Months                    Next 12 Months

 > 5%                31%    19%   > 5%                31%    22%    > 5%                34%    26%    > 5%                36%    19%
 1% - 5%             46%    34%   1% - 5%             43%    37%    1% - 5%             35%    36%    1% - 5%             36%    31%

 Stay more or                     Stay more or                      Stay more or                      Stay more or
                     16%    35%   less the same       19%    32%                        21%    31%                        20%    42%
 less the same                                                      less the same                     less the same

 1% - 5%              4%     6%   1% - 5%              3%     3%    1% - 5%              5%     4%    1% - 5%              3%     3%
 > 5%                2%     2%    > 5%                 2%    1%     > 5%                2%     0%     > 5%                1%     0%

 Balance            +50%   +32%   Balance            +49%   +38%    Balance            +47%   +42%    Balance            +52%   +33%
 Change on           +14     +9   Change on           +14    +3     Change on            +4     +5    Change on           +11     0
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BUSINESS ACTIVITY                        BUSINESS ACTIVITY                        JOBS                                     JOBS
Past 3 Months                            Next 3 Months                            Past 3 Months                            Next 3 Months
                             Change on                                Change on                                Change on                                Change on
                              previous                                 previous                                 previous                                 previous
                   Balance    reading                       Balance    reading
                                                                                                     Balance    reading                       Balance    reading

Dublin              -9%        +13       Dublin             +43%        +13       Dublin              0%         +10       Dublin             +23%        +11

Rest of Leinster    -9%        +24       Rest of Leinster   +40%         +9       Rest of Leinster    -3%        +11       Rest of Leinster   +19%         +6

Munster            -17%        +14       Munster            +44%        +16       Munster             -4%         +8       Munster            +18%         +7

Connacht/Ulster    -11%        +16       Connacht/Ulster    +49%        +15       Connacht/Ulster     +1%         +9       Connacht/Ulster    +22%         +9
Overview - April 2021 - Bank of Ireland Economic Pulse
THE ECONOMIC PULSE                                                                      GATHERING THE DATA                                                           USING THE                                                                          THE EU DIMENSION
                                                                                                                                                                         INFORMATION
    Bank of Ireland’s new economic                                                          Ipsos MRBI are undertaking the                                                                                                                                  Bank of Ireland is partnering with
    indicator for Ireland – the Economic                                                    fieldwork for the surveys on                                                                                                                                    the European Commission on the
                                                                                                                                                                         Business and consumer surveys                                                      surveys. The data collected feed
    Pulse – is based on a series of                                                         behalf of Bank of Ireland. A best
                                                                                                                                                                         provide essential information for                                                  into the Joint Harmonised EU
    surveys. Each month households and                                                      practice approach to data
                                                                                                                                                                         economic surveillance, short-                                                      Programme of Business and
    firms are asked for their views on a                                                    collection and methodology has
                                                                                                                                                                         term forecasting and research.                                                     Consumer Surveys. This is a
    wide range of topics including the                                                      been adopted within a
    economy, their financial situation,                                                     harmonised EU framework.                                                     They are also useful for                                                           Europe-wide sentiment study
    spending plans, house price                                                                                                                                          policymakers, as well as helping                                                   which has been running since the
                                                                                            1000 households, 300 firms in                                                                                                                                   1960s. The data generated within
    expectations, business activity and                                                                                                                                  firms with business planning.
                                                                                            industry, 1000 services firms,                                                                                                                                  this framework are particularly
    hiring intentions. Key business
                                                                                            400 retailers and 200                                                        Survey data are a key                                                              useful for monitoring economic
    sectors such as industry, services,
                                                                                            construction firms participate in                                            complement to official statistics,                                                 developments at EU and Euro area
    retail and construction are covered,
                                                                                            the surveys each month.                                                      with high frequency and                                                            level and also allow the situation
    as well as regions. The information
                                                                                                                                                                         timeliness among their main                                                        in Ireland to be compared with
    gathered is combined into high level
                                                                                                                                                                         qualities.                                                                         that of other Member States.
    indices, with responses to individual
    questions also provided along with
    analysis and insights.

                                                                                                          Contact us at                                        Dr Loretta O’Sullivan,                         Conn Creedon,                             Patrick Mullane,                          Mark Leech,
                                                                                                                                                               Group Chief Economist,                         Senior Economist,                         Senior Economist,                         Media Relations Manager,
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Note: Balances are calculated as the difference between positive and negative responses (using weighted averages for questions with multiple options).
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