Showing posts with label Troika. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Troika. Show all posts
Sunday, April 3, 2016

2/4/16: Tsipras: Europe's Cross of Forest Gump and Donald Trump

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The tragedy of Europe is the comedy of Europe. And it is best illustrated in the case of Greece, or by Greece, where the latest debt-relat...
Friday, February 20, 2015

20/2/15: Troika 3 : Greece 1. Rematch on Monday.

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Eurogroup agreement on Greece 'achieved' tonight is a classic can kicking exercise in which Eurogroup and the Troika have won, Gre...
Friday, February 6, 2015

6/2/15: Cyprus AWOL on Troika 'Reforms'

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Yes, at some point, Troika won't be able to handle all the bad news flying its way... for now, however, a new alarm at the barbwire fe...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

25/11/2014: Irish Fiscal Council: More of Troika Speak, Less of Original Insight

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The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council [an independent body of sort with some relevance of sorts, if only as a 'check' on the Governmen...
Friday, November 21, 2014

21/11/2014: The Latest Troika Report: Risks, No Buffers, Lots of Hope

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The Troika did it bit… flew into Dublin on the 17th and flew out of here today. And left this as a present for all of us to enjoy… Summar...
Friday, December 20, 2013

20/12/2013: Are the bondholders' bailouts off the table now?

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From late 2008 on through today, myself (including on this blog) and a small number of other economists and analysts have maintained a ver...
Monday, December 16, 2013

16/12/2013: Troika Consultancies... via EUObserver

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A very interesting article on the EUObserver.com today (disclosure: I contributed a comment) on the issue of professional advisory service...
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...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

15/5/2013: Straight from 1984... The Department of Stabilisation...

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Fir the fun of reading between the lines, follow my italics: "IMF Executive Board Approves €1 Billion Arrangement Under Extended Fu...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

30/4/2013: The latest from the island nuked by the Troika 'rescuers'

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Cypriot Parliament has narrowly (29:27 votes) approved the EU 'rescue' package agreement that covers EUR 17 billion in funds, acc...
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Friday, April 19, 2013

19/4/2013: Mountains to climb, canyons to wade across

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Nice visual from Pictet gang, sizing up two banking systems: That was pre-'rescue' of Cypriot economy from itself by the '...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

25/10/2012: My notes for the interview on Troika review

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Here is transcript of my interview on today's radio programme covering the Troika review of Ireland - warning: unedited material. Ital...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

22/1/2012: 'Markets are crazy', says market economy Ireland

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So we used to have an 'Innovation Island' here that was run by the Deputy PM who confused Einstein with Darwin. She was directly in...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

19/01/2012: One Question, please...

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In the spirit of asking our Troika overlords questions around the time of their serial reviews of Ireland's Programme, here's mine:...
Friday, December 2, 2011

2/12/2011: Euro crisis: wrong medicine for a misdiagnosed patient

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There's been much talk about the fiscal union and ECB money printing as the two exercises that can resolve the euro area crises. The pr...
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