This week on Taking Stock with Susan HayesCulleton:

As the OECD has slashed its global growth forecast, she speaks to OECD Economist, Isabell Koske, to delve deeper into these latest results.

Susan speaks to Sinead Gogan, Chief People Officer at Deloitte, as record numbers of students begin their Leaving and Junior Cert exams, she questions whether or not our economics curriculum through school and college is adequately preparing our graduates for a changing world of work.

Plus, she's joined by Elaine Teague, CEO of the Disability Federation of Ireland & Bobby Hickey, who works in the Diversity and Inclusion space, on the shocking news that Ireland has the lowest rate of employment for people with disabilities in the EU.

This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton looks at how weight-loss drugs are changing economic patterns all around us when she talks to Ben Spencer who is science editor with The Sunday Times.

Susan talks to Jay Zagorsky of the Questrom School of Business at Boston University about his new book ' The Power of Cash: Why Using Paper Money is good for you'.

Plus, with new stats showing just how much Irish people listen to music online Susan talks to arts journalist and author Aoife Barry about the popularity and numbers behind music streaming.

This week on Taking Stock Susan Hayes Culleton takes a look at the issue of 'tipping' in both Ireland and elsewhere when she talks to Travel Writer Fionn Davenport and James Fahy of JustTip.

Susan talks to two international mortgage experts Leigh Hodgetts and Stacy Penn about whether Ireland is any harder to buy a house in than other countries around the world.

Plus, George Park of the Financial Times explains what was and wasn't signed up to in the new UK/EU deal this week.