Finance
Finance blog articles will be published here when available.
You can also view our archive of Finance blog articles (published pre-2020).
Departmental forecasting and analysis: Most recent update
Reading Time: < 1 minutes This dashboard visually presents Northern Ireland’s departmental Total Forecast Outturn (TFO) data – capital and resource spending – when released to the Public Finance Scrutiny Unit (PFSU), located in the Finance & Economics Team of the
Spring Statement 2022: Blossoming prospects for NI?
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Nathan Mulholland and Eileen Regan On 23 March 2022, the United Kingdom (UK) Chancellor delivered his 2022 Spring Statement, which this article considers from a Northern Ireland (NI) perspective. The Chancellor made his decisions amidst
Snapshot of COVID-19 Funding: Department for Communities
Reading Time: < 1 minutes This visualisation provides a series of interactive graphs compiled by the Assembly’s Research and Information Service (RaISe), which offer a snapshot of government funding allocated by the Department for Communities (DfC) to address key challenges arising
How has Arts Council NI COVID-19 emergency funding been distributed to arts organisations?
Reading Time: 3 minutes By James Bamford, Karen McCallion & Thomas Procter The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) has the role of distributing arts funding for the Department for Communities (DfC) from resources allocated by the Exchequer and the
A snapshot of COVID-19 funding (updated)
Reading Time: < 1 minutes This visualisation provides a series of interactive graphs compiled by the Assembly’s Research and Information Service (RaISe), which offer a snapshot of government funding allocated to address key challenges arising from the effects of the pandemic
Northern Ireland economy: Autumn 2020 update
Reading Time: 8 minutes As Northern Ireland (NI) emerges from the widespread COVID-19 public health crisis into a phase of more localised outbreaks and disruption, there have been numerous bleak economic developments. Claimant counts are sky high; output is in
A snapshot of COVID-19 funding
Reading Time: < 1 minutes This visualisation provides a series of interactive graphs compiled by the Assembly’s Research and Information Service (RaISe), which offer a snapshot of government funding allocated to address key challenges arising from the effects of the pandemic
Autumn Statement and NI Budget 2021-22. NI public finances update no.2 (Autumn 2020)
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog article is the second of two providing updates on NI’s public finances: Update no.1 looks back to a number of recent developments. This article looks forward to what is coming over the weeks ahead.
