Thursday, December 2, 2010

Economics 2/12/10: Exchequer returns - Burden of taxation

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Let's take a quick look at the tax burden incidence as per latest Exchequer results. Proportionally, the burden of taxes paid continues ...
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Economics 2/12/10: Exchequer returns - tax receipts

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The mixed bag - aka Irish economy - story of the Live Register from yesterday is continuing into today. The Exchequer results for November a...
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Economics 2/12/10: What PMIs tell us about the job market

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An interesting additional point of view on jobs market. Today's Manufacturing PMIs suggest no improvement in November jobs outlook in Ma...
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Economics 1/12/10: Live Register

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Live Register data was out today, throwing some positive news into the generally adverse newsflow. The headline figure is that November LR h...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Economics 26/11/10: Contagion is spreading to Spain & Italy

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Another day, another spike of contagion from Ireland's Sovereign bonds to other Eurozone countries: Yesterday's closing bell marked ...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Economics 23/11/10: How much will Government need to borrow in 2011

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So we topped the European chart again today: And a quick one for the start of the day tomorrow: Let's do some arithmetic again: Leni...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Economics 22/10/10: Bailout that is losing steam by an hour

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The immediate fallout from the Irish bailout package is: short sales closing on Irish sovereign markets means profit booking, yields down (a...
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Economics 22/11/10: November 12 - on the record re 'bailout'

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This is an unedited version of my November 12 article in the Irish Examiner. Of course, since then the events have taken over the core premi...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Economics 21/11/10: How much funding will we need?

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I've run through some figures for the expected amount of bailout drawdown for Ireland. Here are the sums: 2011-2014 deficit financing: €...
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Economics 20/11/10: Irish labour taxes are too restrictive

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We often think of Ireland as low tax economy. We also think of ourselves as inhabiting flexible labour markets and enterprising world of wor...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Economics 17/11/10: The road we traveled

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Amidst this crisis, it is worth taking a look back at the road that we have traveled on our way to the current predicament. It is fashionabl...
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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Economics 13/11/10: EFSF, Ireland and a matter of contagion

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let me ask the following question: if Ireland is nearing (or already in - see here ) a bailout from the EFSF, what does this imply to the ov...
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