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A ‘significant barrier’ to home ownership is saving up a deposit, according to the report. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / The Irish Times

Half of the country ‘unaffordable’ for average buyer

Personal Finance
June 25, 2019, 00:29

Wicklow and Kildare are least affordable counties to buy property, according to report

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, US. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

European stocks end strong streak after weak German data

Markets
June 24, 2019, 22:10

Investors hedge bets ahead of expected US-China trade talks on sidelines of G20

Gold veins in rock. Arke,led by John Teelin, had a cash balance of €106,031 at the end of 2018, something the directors saw as being sufficient for the coming 12 months.

Gold and zinc explorer increases losses with results expected in ‘near future’

Markets
June 24, 2019, 20:25

Arkle Resources raised an additional £230,000 in March

Bitcoin is back on a high. Photograph: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images

Bitcoin trades above $11,000 for the first time in 15 months

Markets
June 24, 2019, 06:42

Bounce-back of cryptocurrency has been ‘extraordinary’; but hedge fund manager warns it’s a ‘dead cat bounce’

Conservative leadership candidate Boris Johnson: getting it wrong on what a no-deal Brexit would mean. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga

Breaking into the Brexit echo chamber

Personal Finance
June 22, 2019, 06:02

Cantillon: Bank of England and European Council call out Boris on deluded thinking

In New York, the S&P 500 hit a new all-time high in early trading on Friday. Photograph: Reuters

European stocks pause after third week of gains

Markets
June 21, 2019, 18:30

Dublin market closes lower with Flutter, Smurfit, Kerry and Bank of Ireland down

Gold jumped to a near six-year high on Friday. Photograph: iStock

Gold hits near six-year high on US Fed stimulus hints

Markets
June 21, 2019, 09:50

Precious metal surpassed key $1,400 level before shedding some gains

Financial stocks were weaker, with Bank of Ireland closing down 0.8 per cent at €4.65 and AIB losing 2 per cent to €3.53.

Markets hit six-week highs on rates and trade talks optimism

Markets
June 20, 2019, 18:06

Markets close: Iseq advances but financial stocks weaker

ECB governor Mario Draghi this week sounded a clear alarm bell about the state of the euro zone economy. Photograph: AFP

Interest rates are heading down. But will your mortgage rate fall?

Personal Finance
June 20, 2019, 12:10

Smart Money: Unexpectedly, EU and US rates may decline again

Dublin’s Iseq index and the wider European equities market closed little changed on Wednesday as investors retreated to the sidelines ahead of a policy statement from the US Federal Reserve

European shares close little changed as market eyes Fed

Markets
June 19, 2019, 20:39

Markets report: In the UK, M&S drops 4.5% after Tesco says it may open upmarket shop

Airbnb visitors in Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Why the new Airbnb regulations are unlikely to work

Personal Finance
June 19, 2019, 05:27

The rules are intended to help ease the housing crisis. But can they be enforced?

Tony Lawless, left, managing director of corporate business at Irish Life. “Our message to Government is ‘seize the moment’,” Mr Lawless says

Irish Life survey finds affordability less of an issue for pension savers now

Personal Finance
June 18, 2019, 20:44

However more people saying they never get around to setting up a retirement fund

European central Bank president Mario Draghi. Photograph: Julien Warnand/EPA

Draghi stimulus hints send European stocks higher

Markets
June 18, 2019, 17:48

Iseq underperforms European peers but rises almost 0.7% on the day

Is it too late for my father to give his savings to his family? Photograph: Getty Images

Fair Deal for family on proceeds of house sale

Personal Finance
June 18, 2019, 11:38

Q&A: Dominic Coyle answers your personal finance questions

Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan: Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy is seeking an additional €200 million per year for each of the next three years for the scheme

Is Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme open for business?

Personal Finance
June 18, 2019, 05:50

Q&A: Dominic Coyle answers your personal finance questions

US president Donald Trump: took to Twitter to bash the Fed. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Reuters

Stocktake: Unhappy Trump continues to bash the Fed

Personal Finance
June 18, 2019, 05:45

Also, the Beyond Meat bubble and Woodford investors paying for underperformance

Investors were alarmed by US president Donald Trump’s recent threat to keep hiking tariffs on Mexico if it doesn’t take steps to stop illegal immigration to the US. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Nervous investors deal with ‘Trump slump’

Personal Finance
June 18, 2019, 05:00

Investment strategists concerned by Trump’s unpredictable trade policy

Pipeworks artistic director David Leigh

‘I have a bit of a pointless obsession with finding the cheapest petrol available’

Personal Finance
June 18, 2019, 05:00

Me & My Money: David Leigh, artistic director of Pipeworks, the annual Organ and Choral Festival

From June 30th people who run into difficulty meeting repayments on finance deals may find it more difficult to get another deal if seeking finance on sums of €2,000 or more. Photograph: Getty

Central Bank will soon know if you default on your car finance deal

Personal Finance
June 18, 2019, 03:45

Regulator to include details on hire purchase and personal contract plans on a register

Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell: markets globally awaited clues from the US Federal Reserve on its policy direction

Markets await clues from US Fed on policy direction

Markets
June 17, 2019, 18:46

Markets report: Profit warning from Germany’s Lufthansa weighed on airline stocks

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