Posts - Karl Whelan

Presentation: Target2 and the Euro Crisis

Yesterday, I gave a presentation on “Target2 and the Euro Crisis” at the Bank of England’s Centre for Central Banking […]

The front page headline story in yesterday’s Irish Independent was “Central Bank figures ‘overstating’ number in mortgage crisis” by Laura

Hans-Werner Sinn has an article in today’s New York Times. The main point of the article is to rebut arguments

Yesterday, I appeared on a panel on the Euro crisis at the Infiniti finance conference at Trinity College Dublin. The

Much of the reporting and instant commentary on the announcement of the deal involving EFSF\ESM funding for Spanish bank recapitalisation

In both the run up to the referendum and its aftermath, there have been widespread references to something called “Ireland’s

I’m voting Yes to today’s referendum on the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance. I know many people are voting

My earlier post about the FT’s story on ECB “rejecting” the plan to recapitalise Bankia by providing them with €19bn

The FT is reporting (news article here, commentary here) that the ECB has “rejected” the Spanish government’s plan to recapitalise

Another week, another academic hyperventilating about the crucial importance of Target2. This week’s entry is from Michael Burda of Humboldt