Monday, July 18, 2011

18/07/2011: Some thoughts on Irish stocks bubble

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There is a classic defined relationship between the various stages of bubble formation and markets responses, as illustrated in the chart fr...

18/07/2011: Two charts on electricity prices

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Euro Area Export Performance and Competitiveness; by Tamim Bayoumi, Richard Harmsen, and Jarkko Turunen; IMF Working Paper 11/140; Ju...
Friday, July 15, 2011

15/07/2011: Irish electricity prices and subsidies

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Some interesting data on electricity prices within the EU - the latest is now available from the Eurostat, covering H2 2010. Keep in mind, b...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

12/07/2011: Irish Tax Rates in International Perspective - Part 2

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More tax comparatives, courtesy of OECD dataset. Note, these refer to 2009 tax returns. In the previous post ( here ), I provided some as...
Monday, July 11, 2011

11/07/2011: Real value of the Euro and Irish trade

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A new paper from IMF looks at the effects of Euro currency valuations and the effect on competitiveness-trade links for trade within the Eur...
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11/07/2011: A simple guide to an EU bailout

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How EU countries go bust - a Simple 13-steps Guide for Asking for Bailouts: Stage 1: Deny the problem (debt/deficit/banks - or all three) ex...
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11/07/2011: Industrial production for May 2011

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Industrial Production data for May was published earlier today by CSO, so here are updated charts and some core results: Per CSO: "Prod...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

10/07/2011: Irish Tax Rates in International Perspective

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Some interesting international comparisons for tax revenues across the EU27, plus Israel, Norway and Switzerland (no Iceland, sadly), courte...
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10/07/2011: Irish Trade Stats: some interesting points

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Here are some interesting end-of-year numbers for 2010 in terms of our external trade. Note - these are from OECD stats via ST Louis Federal...
Saturday, July 9, 2011

09/07/2011: Construction Activity : Ireland 1980-2010

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Rummaging through the Federal Reserve database, I came across a fascinating set of numbers on the number of construction permits issued in I...
Friday, July 8, 2011

08/07/2011: Effects of the spending stimulus on unemployment

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An interesting study on the effectiveness of fiscal spending on unemployment was recently published in the CESifo working paper series. The ...
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

07/07/2011: What's in the interest rates hikes

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Working away on the data for PIIGS, I was interested in a question, what if the ECB were to go to the equilibrium repo rate consistent with ...
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