You are required to evaluate the macroeconomic performance of three economies from 2006 to 2016.

The three economies must include the Irish economy. You may choose two other EU economies or one other EU economy and the economy of your own country.

You should get time series data on GDP; growth rate of nominal and real GDP; employment/unemployment; balance of payments; annual budget balance; national debt etc

You should also generate cross sectional data, for example, per capita GDP; income distribution (Lorenz curves) and unemployment rates, for international comparisons.

You are required to interpret the data and clearly explain how these economies are performing with respect to standard macroeconomic criteria.

All data used in your assignment must be accurately sourced.