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This time it’s different. Ten years ago today, Ireland went into the arms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Following weeks of speculation, r(...)

Report on response to crisis also highlights that Central Bank now holds €44bn worth State debt

The European Central Bank should consider wiping out or holding forever the government debt it buys during the current crisis to help nations recover (...)

In the first half of 2020, Europe mounted a bold and swift economic response to the Covid recession. As the second wave of the pandemic triggers a ne(...)

The Irish Times editorial of November 13th on the topic of pensions referred to the establishment of a Pensions Commission born of a need to delay a d(...)

Conor O’Kelly, chief executive of the National Treasury Management Agency’s (NTMA), is under no illusions about his place in the €85 trillion-plus glo(...)

While there are differences in how severely EU economies have been affected by the pandemic, the pattern of damage and the policy response has been ve(...)

This week, as well as the election in the United States, three major events are crystallising that will profoundly change the economic outlook for 202(...)

Financing costs for governments, households and businesses in the euro zone will stay “exceptionally favourable” until the economy recovers from the p(...)

It’s going to be a nervy winter. Restrictions are tightening all across Europe as talk of living with the virus is replaced by emergency action. Meanw(...)