The Bank of Ireland/ESRI Savings and Investment Index, March 2019

The Bank of Ireland/ESRI Savings and Investment Index, which measures sentiment towards saving and investment, was unchanged at 102 in March, with investment and saving sentiment going in opposite directions. Investment sentiment improved on the back of a sharp increase in confidence about the outlook for markets. However, this was offset by softer saving sentiment which slipped back from February, when it reached an all-time high helped by ongoing uncertainty around Brexit.