(06 Jan 2010)
Marc interviews Dr. Paramo on the chances of recovery, what Ireland needs to do next, NAMA and the euro zone crisis with Greece.....
(06 Dec 2009)
International financial markets haven't covered themselves with glory in the last two years. But if we want to borrow from the rest of the world, they remain critical, and if they don't believe we can manage our own affairs, our debt service costs will spiral out of control to the point of bankruptcy. This is in serious danger of happening in Greece. But thanks to the government's tough action on Wednesday, not here. At least not if the government remains on course....(read on)
(05 Dec 2009)
It's hard to know which is more depressing; the failure of government in October 2008 to learn from the failure of tax rises in the 1980s, their failure to learn from the failure of the October 2008 budget when repeating the mistake last April, or the opposition's failure to learn from the failure of the April tax hikes.
(04 Dec 2009)
Forecasts from Euroframe and the Bank of Ireland point to the same thing: The Euro Zone economy is recovering but the ECB is unlikely to raise interest rates before the end of next year. Even so, how soon can Ireland join in the recovery?
(03 Dec 2009)
The only sliver lining in our economy right now - low interest rates - won't last forever. But remarks by Jean-Claude Trichet last Thursday at the ECB's latest monthly council meeting press conference suggest the plug won't be pulled just yet....