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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish consumer sentiment increased sharply to a 13-month high in April on falling energy costs and a less threatening outlook for European Central Bank interest rates, a survey showed on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Credit Union Consumer Sentiment index climbed to 59.2 in April from 53.9 in March. That compares to September’s 14-year low of 42.1 and the 77.0 recorded in February 2022, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Ireland’s domestic economy weakened late last year but still posted the fastest growth in the euro zone for 2022 and is expected to expand again this year. <\/p>\n

“Stronger sentiment seems to be the result of an easing in fears rather than any sense that conditions are improving markedly at present,” the survey’s authors said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Encouraging as the April sentiment reading is, it still suggests the current mood of the Irish consumer is dominated by uncertainty and caution.”<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Conor Humphries; Editing by Toby Chopra)<\/p>\n

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