Category: Fiscal policy


Moody's downgrades - an investment upgrade required

Michael Burke 19/07/2010

Michael Burke: Moody's ratings' agency has just downgraded Irish government debt. The move brings it into line with the other agencies' assessments. …

Dezoning land, NAMA and adding locational value

Nat O'Connor 15/07/2010

Nat O'Connor: It was reported today that "the 40,000 hectares of land zoned for residential development across the country will be reduced to 12,000 …

One step forward, one step backward, one step sideways

Michael Taft 14/07/2010

Michael Taft: The ESRI’s Summer Quarterly Economic Quarterly is full of data for just about every perspective on the economy – from the optimist …

The future looks like the past

Michael Burke 14/07/2010

Michael Burke: The latest ESRI Quartely Report is just published. Coincidentally, it follows hard on the heels of a piece by Paul Krugman in the New …

Wages in the Crisis

Rory O'Farrell 10/07/2010

Rory O'Farrell: The European Trade Union Institute has brought out a working paper on the impact of the crisis on wages in Europe (this is perhaps …

GDP Growth and Government Policy

Nat O'Connor 08/07/2010

Nat O'Connor: The Minister for Finance is celebrating GDP growth of 2.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2010 as evidence of the success of …

What's €4 billion here or there?

Michael Taft 06/07/2010

Michael Taft: In all the discussion over the CSO’s recent National Accounts release for the first quarter this year – the one that shows that the …

Meitheamh

An tSaoi 05/07/2010

An Saoi: This has been a busy week for the publication of economic information, not least the

No recovery yet - and debt deflation

Michael Burke 30/06/2010

Michael Burke: The Q1 real GDP figures show the economy expanding by 2.7%. No doubt these will be hailed as a turning-point, and even a vindication …

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