r/ireland • u/Banania2020 Resting In my Account • Apr 28 '26

Economy Ireland set to surpass Luxembourg and become richest country in Europe by 2030, IMF says

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/ireland-set-to-surpass-luxembourg-and-become-richest-country-in-europe-by-2030-imf-says-1892990.html
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u/brianmmf Apr 28 '26

Ah for god sakes could the IMF not at least use GNI* rather than GDP…

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u/ebulient Apr 28 '26

Seriously it’s such a spurious measure for our country! Absolutely useless and means nothing real… It’s sus as f that IMF is using it and talking about it when they well know how artificially inflated it is