Sunday, October 3, 2010

Economics 3/10/10: The real stress in Euro area banks

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"A picture's worth a 1,000 words" an old proverb goes. So here's a couple of pictures from the latest GFSR analytical pape...
Saturday, October 2, 2010

Economics 2/10/10: Brian Lucey's comment on Minister Lenihan's statement

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In rare occasions, I re-print here some comments made available to me by other economists and analysts. This is the full text of Professor B...
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Economics 2/10/10: EU Commission official view of Minister Lenihan's plans

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Much debate has been thrown around about the EU Commission position on the latest Government announcements concerning banks recapitalization...
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Friday, October 1, 2010

Economics 1/10/10: External Debt

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Yesterday, CSO published Q2 2010 data on our International Investment Position. Here are some highlights: "At 30 June 2010, the gross e...
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Economics 1/10/10: Retail sales data

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Oh, let's cut the bull, folks. The retail sales data is making rounds the banks 'economists' notes with all the hoopla of the ...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Economics 29/9/10: IMF or EFSF hypotheticals

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Hypothetical discussion of options for external assistance for Ireland in today's Irish Examiner - here , text link - here , associated ...

Economics 29/9/10: Agricultural prices

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Last month I made a number of warnings concerning the price increases in some food sectors, specifically - milk and milk products. These war...

Economics 29/9/10: Live Register

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Live Register figures are out for September with the latest CSO numbers showing both an improvement and a deterioration in the labour market...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Economics 28/9/10: Live Register v QNHS measures of unemployment

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As promised last night - here are comparatives on Live Register and QNHS measures of unemployment. First raw data: Pretty close? Actually 98...
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Economics 28/9/10: Anglo's bondholders must go

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Reuters say Ireland should abandon the Anglo seniors (emphasis mine) "The Irish government will reveal the full horror of the cost of r...
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Economics 27/9/10: Some evidence on entrepreneurship from the US

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An interesting study of proprietorship and entrepreneurship from the US used 19 years worth of data (1989-2007) from the Survey of...
Saturday, September 25, 2010

Economics 25/9/10: Accounting for our exports

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Quarterly national Accounts offer a rich set of data. Listening to all the talk about turnarounds and Government policies, I wondered - We k...
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