I know it sounds strange,but is there signs of economic revival?

[hammer]

FF will lead is out of the depression, no doubts.

They have so much talent on the front bench

[Catalpa]

Charley - havn't you been around here long enough to know that things are never going to improve. We are doomed

I work in a line of business that is probably as good a yardstick of the state of the economy as any

- and all I can say is we are still on the way down....

If we are then so is just about everyone else.

The jump in car sales is due to a 'trade in' scheme that is giving that 'industry' a brief bounce that won't last.

If you want to get the atmosphere of what a sinking feeling is like watch Das Boot...

[hammer]

The fundamentals are sound

[hammer]

If we ignore the following we are definitely on the way to economic revival

1. NAMA
2. Anglo
3. Bank recapitalisation
4. Plundering of NPRF
5. €20 BILLION ANNUAL DEFICIT
6. Our national debt
7. Debt interest of €5 billion per annum
8. Negative equity
9. 300,000 empty properties
10. The likelihood of houses being knocked
11. Live register of 438,000
12. 30,000+ on FAS training courses
13. Public service strikes
14. No competence in Government
15. FAS predicting 87,000 job losses this year.

We are definitely on the right road

[kerrynorth]

And my cousin works for the ESB. According to her, last year electricity demand was down 10pc. But, in the past few months it has risen and is now running a few per cent above last year. In January and February she thought this might have been due to the cold weather, but even in the past week or so, when it has become much warmer, demand is still running a few per cent up on last year.

Not correct actually. Overall demand fell 5.5% in 2009 and even January 2010 was marginally down (-0.05%) on 2009 despite the freezing weather. And note how Eirgrid themselves in the January data state that the cold weather was a key factor in January demand.
http://www.eirgrid.com/media/EirGrid...Jan%202010.pdf

Both February and March to date have been colder than last year so we will have to wait until April to get a better like for like reading.

PS the ESB are no longer the arbiter of electricity demand in Ireland. Eirgrid who manage the network are the one's who provide the data. It could be that the ESB supply is up because renewables such as wind have not had a good production period and the ESB may have had to step in with added supply.

[Gadjodilo]

I know it sounds strange,but is there signs of economic revival, i won't say recovery because it would be too soon to judge. over the the last week or so i have noticed a good few new houses being built,the dry weather over the last few weeks being a big help i suppose,i have also noticed more jobs in the classified ads in the local papers ,along with that a fair number of '10' registered cars,and i'm not talking KA's and i10s but SUVs and mercs is there an improvement ?

Oooh, careful now. Talking up the economy on politics.ie is akin to launching a robust defence of female genital mutilation.

[jcdf]

Sure it is all in our heads. If we believe the recession is over the it is over. So put the blinkers on everyone and believe, and remember to vote FF for bringing us this wonderful collective delusion

We should all emulate hammer's go get ya attitude.

[hammer]

Talk it up all you want. Isn`t that what Bertie Dig Out did, and he was a genius

[mr_anderson]

Oooh, careful now. Talking up the economy on politics.ie is akin to launching a robust defence of female genital mutilation.

Concerning the amount of off-topic posts on P.ie, I would not be surprised if a thread on the economy led to a robust defence of nazi female immigrant genital mutilation by a FF developer (subsequently explained by the church hiarachy as 'that was what was done back then').

[I'mVeryGladYouAskedMeThat]

FF will lead is out of the depression, no doubts.

They have so much talent on the front bench

Brains to burn.