While inflation rates have cooled since the immediate post-pandemic period, cost-of-living pressures continue to build, as new food price increases in particular compound the effect of the earlier hikes. That can create a difference between peoples’ perception of inflation and the pace of price increases.
With that in mind, the CSO will also publish a feature article on how the agency measures inflation.
Further insight into consumers is due on Friday, when the agency will release data on Household Digital Consumer Behaviour for 2025, mapping how Irish households engage with digital services and technology.
Key data will also be published this week. On Thursday, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) will release its Quarterly National Accounts for Q3 2025, outlining economic performance across the summer period.
The release will track growth patterns in output, sector activity, and domestic demand heading into the final quarter of the year.
On Wednesday, the CSO will publish Monthly Unemployment for November 2025, offering a snapshot of employment levels before year end.
Following last week’s UK Budget, attention will turn to how the measures filter through the UK and Irish economies.
Irish employers, exporters and retailers operating in or trading with the UK will monitor the response to these measures over the coming weeks as households and companies in the UK adjust to the updated tax and spending framework.
In Ireland, the Medtech Rising 2025 business event will take place on Thursday at The Galmont Hotel, Galway.
The conference will bring together international experts, senior executives and sector specialists to discuss innovation, digital health, R&D capacity, regulatory change and workforce trends across the industry.
Ibec will also host its Year in Review webinar the same day, summarising developments in employment and industrial relations throughout 2025 and previewing anticipated policy changes for 2026.
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