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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. The Irish Times reports that a combination of factors is involved including liabilities arsing from the bank bailout, weak growth prospects and and a substantial increase in the debt/GDP ratio. …
Social welfare cuts and NAMA
Peter Connell 05/08/2009
Peter Connell: Brian Lenihan is quoted in Saturday’s Irish Times as insisting that the banking crisis is ‘entirely separate’ to the financial …
Credit Rating Agencies are Punks!
Paul Sweeney 08/06/2009
Paul Sweeney: Ireland’s sovereign credit ratings were cut for the second time in just three months on Monday 8th June 2009 because of concern about …
Rating the Raters
01/04/2009
‘Which is better, health or wealth?’, asks Cardinal Brady, RC Primate of Ireland. Standard and Poor’s (curious name) – the new shadow …
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