Irlanda prevé un menor impacto económico por la pandemia

29 septiembre, 2020

People enjoy a drink at the re-opened Boomerang Bar, a so-called 'wet bar', where only drinks, not food, are served, in Bray, eastern Ireland on September 21, 2020, after it was made to close on March 16 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - All of Ireland's 7,000 pubs were shut by government order on March 16. Those serving food were permitted to reopen on June 29, but so-called "wet pubs" providing drinks only, were permitted to open Monday. In the Boomerang Bar in Bray, County Wicklow, south of Dublin, customers returned in droves by lunchtime to end a half-year dry spell. "Some people have actually taken the day off work," said Sandie Stanley, who owns and runs the pub with husband Derek. (Photo by Paul Faith / AFP)

IRELAND-HEALTH-VIRUS-PUBS — People enjoy a drink at the re-opened Boomerang Bar, a so-called 'wet bar', where only drinks, not food, are served, in Bray, eastern Ireland on September 21, 2020, after it was made to close on March 16 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - All of Ireland's 7,000 pubs were shut by government order on March 16. Those serving food were permitted to reopen on June 29, but so-called "wet pubs" providing drinks only, were permitted to open Monday. In the Boomerang Bar in Bray, County Wicklow, south of Dublin, customers returned in droves by lunchtime to end a half-year dry spell. "Some people have actually taken the day off work," said Sandie Stanley, who owns and runs the pub with husband Derek. (Photo by Paul Faith / AFP)

Estiman que el desempleo se disparará a casi 16% en 2020, y luego se situará a 10,7% en 2021

Irlanda prevé que la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus hará menos estragos en su economía de lo que se pensaba, con una caída de su Producto Interior Bruto (PIB) de 2,5% en 2020, y no de 10,5% como se temía el gobierno en abril.

En las nuevas previsiones publicadas el martes con miras al proyecto de presupuesto 2021, el ministerio irlandés de Finanzas anticipa, sin embargo, un aumento menos importante para el año que viene, con un crecimiento de 1,4%, en lugar del 6% previsto hasta ahora.

El impacto limitado en el PIB en 2020 respecto al choque previsto al inicio de la crisis sanitaria se explica por la resistencia de las exportaciones realizadas por las multinacionales implantadas en el país.

Irlanda es conocida por albergar numerosas sedes internacionales de grandes empresas extranjeras, sobre todo en el sector tecnológico, que se benefician de una fiscalidad reducida.

Con información de AFP