Showing posts with label Irish fiscal policies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish fiscal policies. Show all posts
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, October 4, 2013

4/10/2013: IMF 11th review of Ireland: Banks & Exchequer

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IMF released its 11th review of Irish economy under the Extended Arrangement for funding. I covered growth-related issues arising from the ...
Monday, October 22, 2012

22/10/2012: Is Ireland a 'Special Case' in the Euro area periphery?

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Since the disastrously vacuous summit last Thursday and Friday, there has been a barrage of 'Ireland is special' statements from M...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

2/10/2012: Irish Exchequer Receipts Q3 2012

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Headline figure on Tax Receipts is €26,118mln collected in Q3 2012 against profile of €25,733mln a surplus over the profile of 1...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

5/9/2012: The balance of imbalance: Irish Exchequer deficit in January-August 2012

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In the previous two posts I examined the Exchequer receipts and net voted expenditure for January-August 2012. Now, on to the overall ba...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

4/9/2012: The Fog of Exchequer Receipts: August 2012

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The Exchequer receipts and expenditure figures are out for August and the circus of media rehashing that way and this way the Department o...
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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...
Friday, January 13, 2012

13/1/2012: The need for political reforms

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An interesting paper from the World Bank (linked here ), by Torgler, Benno, titled "Tax Morale and Compliance: Review of Evidence and ...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

20/12/2011: IMF IV Review of Ireland Programme: part 3

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In the previous two posts I covered the IMF analysis of mortgages arrears and budgetary dynamics. Here, let's focus on IMF forward-look...

20/12/2011: IMF IV Review of Ireland Programme: part 2

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This continues my review of the IMF's 4th review of Ireland. The previous post ( here ) covered the findings concerning mortgages arrea...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Economics 17/11/10: The road we traveled

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Amidst this crisis, it is worth taking a look back at the road that we have traveled on our way to the current predicament. It is fashionabl...
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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Economics 6/11/10: Private sector response to DofF estimates

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Yesterday’s morning note from Eurointelligence.com – a politically neutral economics site read: “A really bad day for European peripheral bo...
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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Economics 4/11/10: Early DofF Estimates for Budget 2011

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DofF has published some preliminary projections for Budget 2011 tonight, titled "Information Note on the Economic and Budgetary Outlook...
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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Economics 1/8/10: California's lesson for IRL?

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Last week the State of California declared official emergency in relation to its fiscal shortfall. The problem, you see, is that torn betwee...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Economics 15/12/2009: Denmark cuts 2010 deficit by almost 50%

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An interesting way of dealing with deficits: Denmark shows the way to lower taxes and deferred tax liabilities, while restructuring public e...
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