Economic and Investment Outlook

Investment strong, partly due to one-off factors Increases due to computer hardware, production facilities/data centres & new dwellings Machinery and Equipment had outsized increase in Q2 2022 30 20 Net imports of specialised machinery for particular industries saw huge bump in Q2 2022, led to jump in mod. investment 2.0 1.8 10 1.5 do -10 EUR, billion 1.3 1.0 0.8 -20 0.5 -30 0.3 -40 I 0.0 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 Modified Investment (y-o-y) Specialised machinery net imports Gníomhaireacht Bainistíochta an Chisteáin Náisiúnta National Treasury Management Agency Source: CSO Note: Ireland's metric is modified investment, which strips out multinational activity. Source: CSO 22 22

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