Showing posts with label Irish debt mountain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish debt mountain. Show all posts
Saturday, February 19, 2011

19/02/2011: Paying down our debt out of Exports

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Let's do a quick exercise. Suppose we take our current account - defined as the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of go...
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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Economics 31/10/10: Mortgages, relief and stimulus

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David McWilliams' idea of deferring mortgage repayments for 2 years is continuing to generate some discussions in the 'new' medi...
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Friday, October 1, 2010

Economics 1/10/10: External Debt

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Yesterday, CSO published Q2 2010 data on our International Investment Position. Here are some highlights: "At 30 June 2010, the gross e...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Economics 19/8/10: Irish bonds & our fndamentals

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This is an unedited version of my article in the Irish Examiner from August 18, 2010. The latest Irish bonds auction was perhaps the most e...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Economics 28/05/2010: Spain's downgrade is a warning for Ireland

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In a significant development today, Fitch cut Spain’s credit ratings to AA+ from AAA. This was expected. What was unexpected and new in this...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Economics 29/04/2010: Debt crisis is spreading

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Another credit downgrade from S&P, this time for Spain, from AA+ to AA with negative outlook, based on the outlook for years of private ...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Economics 11/03/2010: Debt figures confusion reigns at RTE?

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Per RTE report yesterday (emphasis is mine, see original here ) “New figures from the Central Bank show that at the end of Jan...
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