Irish central bank governor warns government against over-stimulating economy
Gabriel Makhlouf was speaking two weeks after the government published its pre-budget plans, in which it said it would allow day-to-day spending to increase by 6.4%, down from the 8-9% range in recent budgets.
"For an economy operating at full employment, we're adding more stimulus to the economy than it needs – and I would look again at what we're planning to do," Makhlouf told the Business Post Newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.
"I think at the moment there's a risk that we're in the wrong place," Makhlouf said.
The government said that it would trim next year's planned 9.4 billion euro package of tax cuts and spending increases, if U.S. tariffs are higher than the 10% in place at the time of the announcement.
Days after the government released the budget plans in its Summer Economic Statement, the U.S. struck a framework trade agreement, opens new tab with the European Union, imposing a 15% import tariff on most EU goods.
"Hopefully, the Summer Economic Statement is not the budget, and hopefully, by the time he gets there, he will have reflected again on what the trade situation is telling us," Makhlouf said.
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