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<h1><span>Economic Policy Centre</span></h1> </div> <div class="content aos-init aos-animate" data-aos="fade-right" data-aos-delay="600"> <p>A leading centre in developing economic policy across Northern Ireland and beyond.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div id="content"></div> <div role="main">  <section class="text-image-component text-image-beta bg-faded-grey padding-top-3 padding-bottom-3 margin-top-0 margin-bottom-0" aria-labelledby="cct-1189700-head" id="cct-1189700"> <div class="grid-container" data-equalizer-by-row="true"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x align-middle "> <div class="cell large-auto large-order-2 medium-order-2 small-order-2 text-center " data-image-id="886671"> <img alt="An independent economic research centre" class="hqy-lazy" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20240125181644im_/https://www.ulster.ac.uk/__data/assets/image/0007/1545343/blank-thumb-newsletter.gif" 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