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Posted on July 8, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleIreland's Q1 GDP growth was revised to 7.4%, driven by pharmaceutical exports. MDD rose to 2.0%, indicating domestic economic strength.
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Rapid growth in Ireland's gross domestic product (GDP) during the first three months of the year was revised down on Tuesday to 7.4% quarter-on-quarter from 9.7% previously.
The growth was driven by a surge in pharmaceutical exports to the U.S. ahead of threatened tariffs, officials have said.
With Ireland's large multinational sector often distorting GDP, officials prefer to use modified domestic demand (MDD) to gauge the strength of the domestic economy.
Quarter-on-quarter MDD growth was revised sharply up to 2.0% from a provisional 0.8%, Central Statistics Office (CSO) data showed.
Revisions to previous quarters meant MDD grew by a slower 1.8% in 2024 compared to the 2.7% initially reported.
GDP, which is still used to calculate Ireland's share of activity across the euro zone, grew by 2.6% in 2024 versus an initial estimate of +1.2%.
Modified gross national income (GNI*), an annual measure that also strips out the distorting impacts of multinationals to give a more accurate picture of the total size of the Irish economy, suggested it grew by 4.8% in 2024 compared to 2023.
(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Conor Humphries)
Ireland's GDP growth for the first quarter was revised down to 7.4% quarter-on-quarter from a previous estimate of 9.7%.
The growth was primarily driven by a surge in pharmaceutical exports to the U.S. ahead of threatened tariffs.
Modified domestic demand (MDD) is a metric preferred by officials to gauge the strength of the domestic economy, as it accounts for distortions from the large multinational sector.
The quarter-on-quarter MDD growth was revised sharply up to 2.0% from a provisional estimate of 0.8%.
Modified gross national income (GNI*) is an annual measure that strips out the distorting impacts of multinationals to provide a more accurate picture of the total size of the Irish economy.
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