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Ireland鈥檚 Shock GDP figures

Does Ireland really have the fastest growing economy in the world?

The Irish Central Statistics Office has released figures showing that Ireland鈥檚 economy grew by 26% in 2015. That would make it the fastest growing economy in the world. But American economist Paul Krugman described this as 鈥渓eprechaun economics鈥 as this growth rate is so unrealistically high. More or Less explores how multinational companies with headquarters in Ireland have led to an accounting headache for working out the country鈥檚 GDP.

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(Image: Riverpoint buildings and Shannon bridge in Limerick, Ireland. Credit: Luis Santos/Shutterstock)

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Mon 25 Jul 2016 14:50GMT

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