10/01/2014

Irish Household Income Increases

The gross disposable income of households in Ireland increased by €164m to €21,561m between the second and third quarter of 2013, according to figures released today by the Central Statistics Office.

Household expenditure increased by €215m to €19,754 over this same period.

Gross saving for the whole economy increased by €1,641m from €6,168m in the third quarter of 2012 to the third quarter of 2013.

The saving deficit of government reached €2,843m in the third quarter of 2013, marking an improvement on the Q3 2012 deficit of €3,472m.

The has been attributed mainly to an increase in taxes paid on production and imports.

Net borrowing of government was €2,817m in third quarter of 2013, marking a decline of €1,072m on the third quarter 2012 result of €3,889m.

Net borrowing by the rest of the world from Ireland amounted to €3,392m in the third quarter of 2013, compared with a net borrowing of €2,180m the year before.

(IT/JP)

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