University graduates entering the labor market during this time -- the so-called second-generation baby boomers -- found it difficult to accumulate sufficient skills as young workers, leading to lower income levels, which in turn has had a lasting social impact including an increase in the rate of those who are unmarried and the consequent decrease in the number of births (available only in Japanese).
The key conclusion is that the Irish financial system continues to be stable. It is sufficiently well capitalised, diversified and healthy to weather an adverse shock. However, the deterioration of the performance of the global economy - especially the delayed recovery - and uncertainty in financial markets since the last Financial Stability Report has eroded its resilience somewhat over the last year.