Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Economics: 24/06/2009: OECD Unemployment stats

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OECD's latest unemployment forecast is out for the Euroarea. Two things worth noting: First, the OECD has gotten Irish unemployment spec...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Economics 24/06/2009: Agriculture's Value in Economy

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Let the number speak for themselves. Per CSO data release yesterday: Subsidies as a share of total value of production are creeping up, acco...
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Economics 24/06/2009: SMEs feeling the heat

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Yesterday's business conditions survey from ISME paints a picture of dire operating conditions for Irish SMEs. Q2 2009 survey results &q...
Monday, June 22, 2009

NAMA Costs: in full detail

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Here is a full run of several assumptions scenarios for NAMA costings as based on joint work by Brian Lucey and myself. Note the changes in ...

Economics 23/06/2009: CB of Ireland

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One question: where is the 2008 central bank financial stability report? Hat tip to BL who spotted the minor inconvenience: its half past...

Economics 22/06/2009: All Quiet In Offaly Bogs & Apple

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Hat tip to PMD: I was wrong. Irish economy is now on track to full recovery : read the details here . In a nutshell, "workers at... bog...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Economics 22/06/2009: Cutting public waste

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Weekend papers had some rumors concerning the An Bord Snip Nua's forthcoming report with figures in the range of €4bn being quoted as...
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Economics 22/06/2009: Unemployment & Social Welfare

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For those of you who missed my Sunday Times article, here is an unedited version, along with more detailed explanation of my calculations on...
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Friday, June 19, 2009

Economics 19/06/2009: IMF on NAMA and Construction Data

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Per Reuters report ( here ), IMF is about to publish long over-due Consultation Paper on Ireland . IMF, allegedly, will recommend Ireland &q...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Economics 16/05/2009: NAMA delayed

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Retail sales ... Per CSO today: "The volume of retail sales (i.e. excluding price effects) decreased by 17.0% in April 2009 compared to...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Economics 16/06/2009: Oil & Gas and NTMA's auction

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For a longer post with my thoughts on oil and gas prices, scroll down. NTMA's gamble... per NTMA release today: On Tuesday 16 June, NTMA...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Economics 15/06/2009: policies for growth

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For those of you who missed my Sunday Times article, here it is in an unedited version (scroll below). Here is a link to my Friday's qu...