Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Economics 17/02/2010: Baltic Dry Index & trade recovery

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Some interesting reading from the BDI – Baltic Dry Index – that tells us the cost of hiring a bulk commodity shipping cargo. The B...

Economics 17/02/2010: The Saga of 500 jobs

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The story of 500 jobs at Ryanair maintenance facility continues with this:
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Economics 16/02/2010: Aircarft Servicing Investment Letters

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UPDATE below Here are actual letters between Michael O'Leary and Mary Coughlan, TD that have made so much press recently. 15th ...
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Economics 16/02/2010: Daft.ie and rental markets

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So Daft.ie numbers for rents for January are out and there is a bit of a hoopla going on in the blogosphere and the media about how things a...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Economics 15/02/2010: Bank of Ireland ethical dilemma

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So here we are folks, the state has run into a bit of a trouble. Remember those dividends that our (taxpayer-bought) preference shares in th...
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Economics 15/02/2010: Ireland and the Euro

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Sunday Times , February 14, 2010. Like a namesake of Federico Fellini’s 1983 classic, E la nave va (And the ship sails on), the Greek debt s...
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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Economics 13/02/2010: On benefits of marriage to investment

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Feeling marital around the Valentine's Day? Well, how about investing in some stocks? A paper just published in The Review...

Economics 13/02/2010: Inflation targets and What's in a name?

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One interesting observation – Oliver Blanchard in yesterday interview with Wall Street Journal suggests ( here ) that “If I were to choose i...
Friday, February 12, 2010

Economics 12/02/2010: Crisis pressures in broader debt markets

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And so the Greek saga continues, with yesterday’s announcement that the EU has a worked-out rescue package for the country now turni...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Economics 10/02/2010: Can Labour Party lead?

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Does a coalition involving any party in partnership with Labour makes sense? Unfortunately, despite Labour Party having in its ranks some ve...
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Economics 10/02/2010: Minumum wage and unemployment benefits

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Two weeks ago in my Sunday Times article (see here ) I wrote about the long-term effects of the minimum wages. Instead of dealing with the l...
Monday, February 8, 2010

Economics 08/02/2010: Nama v IMF revelations

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Fair play to the Irish Times' Simon Carswell ( here ) for unearthing through FOI request that IMF note which back in April last year to...
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