Wednesday, March 2, 2011

02/03/2011: CB data - Total deposits

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In the next few posts I will be covering the data released yesterday by the Central Bank. Here are two telling charts rarely seen side by si...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

01/03/2011: Manufacturing PMIs

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From NCB Manufacturing PMI report: “Manufacturing production increased at the third fastest pace in the history of the survey, wh...
Monday, February 28, 2011

28/02/2011: Retail sales for January

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Headline stuff: the volume of retail sales (i.e. excluding price effects) increased by 4.6% in January 2011 when compared with Janua...

28/02/2011: Ireland v Iceland: Economy, part 2

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In the previous post I covered some of the macroeconomic differences between Ireland and Iceland. One core conclusion that can be drawn from...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

27/02/2011: Ireland v Iceland: Economy, part 1

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This is the first post of two dealing with comparatives between Irish and Icelandic economies during the ongoing crises. The post was motiva...
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

19/02/2011: Paying down our debt out of Exports

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Let's do a quick exercise. Suppose we take our current account - defined as the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of go...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

16/02/2011: Banks issuing loans to themselves

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Note from the banks front: ECB’s printing machine keeps working over time. Greek and Irish banks have issued at least €70 billi...
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16/02/2011: Heading for another round of crisis pressures?

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Two nice charts, lest we forget where the crisis is at: Greek 10y sovereign bonds: And Irish 10y sovereign bonds Both courtesy of Goldcore, ...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

13/02/2011: What a Jeopardy champ can do in the world of finance

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Here is my article along with Shanker Ramamurthy that was published last Thursday in the American Banker, discussing IBM's Watson super ...
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13/02/2011: IMF's statement on Iceland

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I twitted about the latest conclusions from the IMF on the state of Icelandic economy post-banks collapse. Here are the exact details of the...
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13/02/2011: Public Sector Earnings - the need for change hasn't gone away

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A quick run through the numbers in employment and pay rates for the public sector for 2010. A note of caution: these figures do not cover co...
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Saturday, February 12, 2011

12/02/2011: Just how much are the bondholders in Irish banks worth to the taxpayer?

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In recent weeks the question of bondholders and the extent of our banks exposure to the bonds-linked debts has been hotly debated in the med...
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