Irish 2020 GDP may fall by 8.3%, unemployment to hit 25% - central bank
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's central bank said on Friday the shock to the Irish economy from the coronavirus pandemic could be greater than in any year of the financial crisis that brought the country to the brink of bankruptcy a decade ago.Unable to make a conventional forecast without knowing how long the crisis will last, or the economic toll it will take, the bank estimated that gross domestic product could fall by 8.3% in 2020 if current containment measures last three months.Ireland, whose..