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NTMA raises €1.5bn mainly at negative rates
- Economy
- July 9, 2020, 11:06
The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) sold €1.5 billion of bonds on Thursday, mainly at negative rates, as it continues to build up the Gover(...)

Central Bank governor to call for ‘credible’ path’ to cut State debt post-Covid-19
- Economy
- July 7, 2020, 04:59
Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf will tell the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 on Tuesday that the Government must set out a “clear and(...)

Is President Higgins right to downgrade the rating agencies?
- Economy
- June 11, 2020, 05:00
President Michael D Higgins gave a bit of a kicking to rating agencies on Wednesday during a question-and-answer session in the wake of a lengthy onli(...)

Ireland’s credit rating goes up a notch thanks to healthy economy
- Financial Services
- January 10, 2020, 18:27
Debt ratings agency Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) has upgraded its rating on Ireland’s creditworthiness by one level to AA- on the back of the State(...)

Sri Lankan prime minister resigns 1½ months into job
- Asia-Pacific
- December 15, 2018, 18:50
Sri Lanka’s embattled prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Saturday, only a month and a half after taking office and giving the country’s pres(...)

Fitch sees slower pace of rating upgrades in euro zone
- Economy
- June 20, 2014, 14:20
The pace of rating upgrades in the euro zone will be slower in future as fiscal progress remains sluggish, Fitch’s global head of sovereign ratings Ja(...)