+1.4 on previous index reading
(3 Month Moving Average)
The Bank of Ireland Regional Pulses combine the views of households and firms around the country. The 3 month moving averages show that sentiment was down in Munster, broadly unchanged in the Rest of Leinster and up a touch in Dublin and Connacht/Ulster in March 2019.
Positive developments on the jobs and earnings fronts buoyed regional households a bit this month, though they remained jittery about the economic outlook amid continuing Brexit uncertainty. This uncertainty is also tempering the business mood, with 55% of impacted firms in Dublin, 57% in the Rest of Leinster and Munster and 63% in Connacht/Ulster putting their investment plans for 2019 on hold.
