Joe Lynam

As you say, the base effect is something to keep in mind.

Novo Nordisk, the maker of Ozempic and Wegovi, it's buying another pharmaceutical group.

So it's slightly cheaper for people to buy?

And Intel shares, another company of interest here in Ireland, they jumped yesterday on a new chip announcement.

I'm not going to give you my phone to fix.

It's been one hell of a year for Intel.

Remember that they have a new boss and then Donald Trump asked them to step aside and then the government took a 10% stake in Intel.

So very, very busy year.

Briefly, not just gold that glistens, copper and silver.

Now, excusing the pun, is that reflected glory?

If there is an AI bubble and it bursts and you own a bit of commodities, you might be covered.

Kate, thank you so much.

Have a lovely weekend.

Thank you.

And that is Kate English there, Chief Economist with Deloitte.

Breakfast Business with Enterprise Ireland on Newstalk.

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