Showing posts with label Irish bailout. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish bailout. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

9/8/17: Euro Area Banks Bailouts: The Legacy Still Hangs Over Our Heads

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The Financial Times has published a very neat visualisation of the global banks bailouts net impact to-date:  Source:  https://www.ft.c...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

28/11/2013: To OMT or not to OMT?

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Per Irish Times report ( http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ecb-warns-bailout-exit-limits-ireland-s-options-1.1608426 ) "In rem...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

17/11/2013: Ireland to Remain Subject to EU/ECB Oversight post-Exit

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On may occasions I have stated that Ireland will remain subject of the enhanced supervision by the EU and ECB of its fiscal policies follo...
Friday, November 15, 2013

15/11/2013: Beware of German (KfW) Bearing Gifts?..

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As reported in today's press, Ireland has secured a sort-of backstop to its exit from the bailout via an agreement with Germany's ...

15/11/2013: Primary Balances: Government Deficit Risks

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While looking at Ireland's risk dynamics relating to our exit from the Bailout (covered here:   http://trueeconomics.blogspot.ie/2013/...

15/11/2013: Exiting the Bailout Alone: 'Goods', 'Bads' and Risks

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So Ireland is exiting the bailout without a precautionary line of credit. The news is big. And the news is small. Small on positives, alb...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

17/10/2013: Budget 2014 Missing the Targets: Sunday Times, October 13

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times column from October 13, 2013. Recent events have led to a significant reframing of the ...
Friday, August 24, 2012

24/8/2012: Perverse logic of Berlin?

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An interesting article in the Irish Times today ( link ) quoting Germany's Fin Min on Irish debt-relief proposals, saying that Ireland...
Friday, June 15, 2012

15/6/2012: IMF Review : Mortgages Arrears & Household Wealth

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In the previous post I promised a closer look at the IMF analysis of the household wealth and mortgages in Ireland. Per Article IV consul...

15/6/2012: IMF Review of Irish Economy: Q2 2012

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IMF latest outlook for Ireland. Not so cheerful reading after all. Quoting from the report: Growth prospects for 2012 remain modest at a...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

9/2/2012: What can ECB do?

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In relation to the recent statements from Minister Noonan and Taoiseach Kenny on their expectations that ECB involvement in Greece should b...
Monday, January 16, 2012

16/1/2012: Irish Bailout Redux - Sunday Times 15/01/2012

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Several articles in the press yesterday on why Ireland will require / need a second 'bailout' - here's an excellent piece from...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

18/12/2011: Ballyhea & Charleville Protest Against the Bailouts

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This weekend I was honored to be a guest of a group of real patriots of our country - a group of extraordinary people who over 40 weeks, on...
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Thursday, March 3, 2011

03/03/2011: IMF quota goes up, Ireland's rate goes down, but at a cost

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Good news, sort of... we gave IMF some €500mln and they reduced out interest bill on their loan by some €220mln... (hat tip to Lorcan for th...
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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Economics 5/12/10: Default, debt and 'Rescue of Ireland' deal

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Today's Sunday Independent article on inevitability of default, with comprehensive figures on the impact of the IMF/ECB/EU deal for ord...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Economics 26/11/10: Contagion is spreading to Spain & Italy

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Another day, another spike of contagion from Ireland's Sovereign bonds to other Eurozone countries: Yesterday's closing bell marked ...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Economics 22/11/10: November 12 - on the record re 'bailout'

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This is an unedited version of my November 12 article in the Irish Examiner. Of course, since then the events have taken over the core premi...
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