- Exporters look keenly across the water to a recovery in sterlingECONOMICS: Our major trading partners will expand next year but at rates well below potential
- More people are saving but sums are smaller - studyTHE NUMBER of people putting money aside in banks or building societies has risen over the past year, but most individuals are saving smaller sums.
- EU sets deadlines for states to tackle deficitsTHE EUROPEAN Commission yesterday set deadlines between 2012 and 2014/15 for 13 EU countries to slash budget gaps below 3 per cent of GDP, and said it would step up disciplinary budget action against Greece.
- Banks give six-month grace period on seizuresLESS THAN a tenth of applications by banks and building societies to repossess homes from borrowers in default on mortgages lead to repossessions, the Irish Banking Federation (IBF) has told an Oireachtas committee.
- EU set to extend State's stability target until 2014THE EUROPEAN Commission will confirm this morning that it will give the Government a one-year extension to its 2013 target to restore stability to the public finances, a move that will push out the deadline until 2014.
- Do not defer 'painful' reform of public finances, warns E&YANY ATTEMPT by the Government to defer “painful decisions” to fix the public finances beyond the current target of 2013 would not be a “healthy outcome”, according to the authors of an economic report published by accountancy firm, Ernst & Young (E&Y).
- Job subsidy scheme to be extendedTHE EMPLOYMENT Subsidy Scheme introduced in August to encourage employers to retain staff is to be extended to non-exporting companies, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan announced.
- Growth to return by 2010-2011, 76% of Irish executives sayNEARLY A third (32 per cent) of Irish business leaders expect their operations to return to growth next year with 44 per cent expecting the upturn to happen in 2011, according to a survey of 800 senior executives carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
- CIF calls for budget tax breaks and stamp duty reductionTAX BREAKS for first-time house buyers, a reduction in stamp duty and reform of the planning system are all on this year’s budget shopping list for the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) .
- Some Ulster Bank assets may be eligible for Nama - RBS chiefTHE CHIEF executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), owner of Ulster Bank, has said the Irish bank may hold some assets that are eligible for the National Asset Management Agency (Nama).
- Aer Lingus may sell 11 aircraft to raise cashAER LINGUS is considering offers for up to 11 aircraft in its fleet as it seeks to cut its cost base and bolster its cash balances.
- Ulster Bank surveys show further fall in constructionACTIVITY IN the Irish construction sector fell at a “considerable pace” in October while employment was also “cut sharply again”, according to the latest Ulster Bank Construction PMI survey.
- IMF may force banks to pay insurance or future rescuesTHE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) is exploring the idea of making banks pay insurance fees to fund any future rescues in the sector, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said yesterday.
- FG makes its pitch to business communityThe wishlists were long as Fine Gael’s economic team began its national business forum tour, writes LAURA SLATTERY
- Summit hears call for global regulationA PANEL of international economists addressed delegates from the Irish business community yesterday, at the inaugural International Financial Services Summit at the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin.
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