Ireland’s Optimism Sorely Tested As Economy, ETF Struggle

Ireland and its exchange traded fund (ETF) are being sorely tested after a summer of economic discontent that was initially deemed “temporary,” but is now looking stubborn. Recent statistics are making it hard to deny as new numbers come out. Unemployment has hit a nine-year-high, and consumer confidence has plunged. Experts had been predicting that layoffs would [...]