Thursday, January 17, 2013

17/1/2013: Transparency & Budgetary Processes

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An interesting statement by Nessa Childers, MEP: I completely agree - all budget-related submissions and proposals should be made pub...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

16/1/2013: Irish Car Sales and German Exports Declines

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Latest data from Ireland on new vehicles purchases is quite revealing of the broader problems faced by the German economy - a ...
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16/1/2013: US Labor Market Q4 2012 in one chart

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And another stunning chart from  http://oregoneconomicanalysis.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/visualizing-labor-markets/ showing the overall su...

16/1/2013: Some charts on US unemployment: Financial Crises v Recessions

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Two absolutely fascinating charts showing just how different is the current Great Recession from the previous recessions and how the finan...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

15/1/2013: ARRA - some evidence of a US welfare trap

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A very interesting paper by Casey Mulligan of UofChicago on the effects of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) - the act th...

15/1/2013: Some data and ideas on Russian economy

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Russian economy quick summary of some latest stats and some disconnected ideas: Q3 2012 real GDP +2.9% y/y down from +4% in Q2 and +4.9...

15/1/2013: Risk Taking Up, Cash Down

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In contrast to CFA members cautious optimism (see here ), markets bullishness is hitting historical highs: via @Pawelmorski And unde...

15/1/2013: Ireland-Russia Bilateral Trade: Jan-Oct 2012 data

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Some good data on Irish bilateral trade in goods with Russia. A graph and a table to summarise: Details in CSO release here . Ver...

15/1/2013: CFA Survey 2013: cautious optimism, equities exuberance?

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CFA Institute annual survey of economic conditions was published yesterday and here are some core snapshots (full study available here ): ...
Monday, January 14, 2013

14/1/2013: Irish Savings Rates - Q3 2012

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Data for Irish Savings rates for Q3 2012 has been released by the CSO (see release here ). Instead of rephrasing the release, lets take a ...

14/1/2013: Irish Construction PMI - December 2012

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The latest stats for Construction Sector PMI for Ireland are out ( link here ) and the data is not encouraging. At 43.0, the rate of decli...
Sunday, January 13, 2013

13/1/2013: Some good 'news' for Irish Unit Labor Costs

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Some good news for a change - on Unit Labour Cost side. You can map data for yourself on OECD page here . But here are some snapshots: ...