"It is wrong to say that the Northern Ireland economy is outgrowing the UK average"

Esmond Birnie

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Article in Newsletter considering data on Northern Ireland's comparative rate of economic growth late 2019-early 2023

Subject

using the most up-to-date ONS (1 September 2023) data for UK comparing economic growth in Northern Ireland (NI Composite Economic Index) to UK average. Start 2021-Quarter 1 2023 NI growth 8.7%, UK growth 11%. This was also the period coinciding with the Protocol, post-Brexit trading arrangements.

Period	15 Sept 2023

Media contributions

Title	"It is wrong to say that the Northern Ireland economy is outgrowing the UK average"
Degree of recognition	Regional
Media name/outlet	Newsletter
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	15/09/23
Description	Article in Newsletter using the most recent ONS (1 September 2023) and NISRA data to show that recent, i.e. start 2021-start 2023, economic growth has lagged UK average.
Producer/Author	Esmond Birnie
URL	https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/esmond-birnie-it-is-wrong-to-say-that-the-northern-ireland-economy-is-outgrowing-the-uk-average-4336815
Persons	Esmond Birnie

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Keywords

Northern Ireland economy
Economic growth
regional economic growth
national income data
GDP
GDP growth
regional economic comparisons
Post-Brexit trading arrangements
Protocol