Sunday, May 16, 2010

Economics 16/05/2010: EU on the brink

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Before I begin the post on Euro, let me bring you a piece of really good news I've learned about last night. Although it has been p...
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Economics 16/05/2010: IMF on fiscal stability III

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Continuing with IMF data on Fiscal Stability (see earlier posts here and here ), tables below detail Irish public spending breakdown betwee...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Economics 15/05/2010: IMF on fiscal stability II

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Continuing with IMF Fiscal Outlook update released yesterday (see the first post here ) - I have compiled IMF data on Ireland's fiscal p...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

Economics 14/05/2010: IMF on fiscal stability I

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So the IMF analysis of changes in global fiscal positions is out today and makes an interesting reading. Here are some high level observatio...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Economics 12/05/2010: Irish Nationwide - an expensive delay

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I have gone through the Irish Nationwide balance sheet, as summarized in the table below (all values are in millions of euro): All scenarios...
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Economics 13/05/2010: AIB's IMS blues

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AIB released its Q1 2010 IMS statement: It will issue 198m shares to the Government in lieu of a €280m preference coupon it wil...

Economics 12/05/2010: How not to do austerity...

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How not to do austerity? Well, Ireland is a good example. For all the tough talk about reforms and changes to spending habits of the pub...
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Economics 12/05/2010: How to do fiscal austerity... 2

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Ireland, Spain and Portugal currently represent a major threat to the credibility of the euro, according to a number of observers, ranging f...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Economics 11/05/2010: Exchequer figures - no real relief in sight

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You have to feel for some of our desperate cheerleading squad of ‘analysts’ who toil for some of our banks and stock brokers. These ...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Economics 11/05/2010: How to do fiscal austerity...

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An interesting example for Ireland? Two weeks ago, Eurostat confirmed that Bulgaria's deficit stood at 3.9% of GDP. A crisis was, theref...
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Economics 09/05/2010: Abandonning the ship of fiscal reforms

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Here is an unedited version of my current article in the latest edition of Business & Finance magazine. After two years of frantic cris...
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Economics 09/05/2010: What sort of EU leadership?.. Part 2

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Underlying the unworkable logistics of the Euro-bond that Brussels is planning to deploy to contain the spillover of the fiscal crises in PI...
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