Central Banks - Karl Whelan

ECB Secret Letter to Ireland To Be Released?

Proof perhaps that sometimes even a humble blog post can have some impact, it appears that we have had some […]

By announcing it is only willing to purchase Spanish and Italian government bonds if these governments apply for funding from

After Mario Draghi’s hints that the ECB is getting ready to purchase large quantities of Spanish and Italian bonds, expect to read

My thoughts on today’s ECB Governing Council announcements are here.

Everyone knows central banks are powerful. When I used to visit Alan Greenspan’s office back when I worked for the

The byzantine complexities of the IBRC’s promissory note-emergency liquidity assistance arrangements are such that it is inevitable that even the

Lecture notes for the University College Dublin module International Money and Banking (ECON30150) which was taught by Professor Karl Whelan

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the ECB has changed its position on the need to protect all senior

I have written a new briefing paper for the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs committee. The paper discusses the

Mario Draghi today effectively ruled out the idea of ESM getting a banking license. I think this was a very