Posts - Karl Whelan

What’s Going On with Greece and the ECB?

It’s complicated. But it’s got nothing to do with technocratic ECB rules.

My thoughts on the ECB’s QE announcement. Perhaps a bit long, perhaps a bit disorganised ….

Everyone knows German savers are special, don’t they? Not so much it turns out. Read here.

I used Medium to write a post and found it quite a pleasant experience. Not sure the same will be

Last week, the Central Bank of Ireland published an important consultation paper. Despite the boring title (“Macro-prudential policy for residential

Imagine you’re a smart young rich kid. You invent a money-printing machine. You use it to magic up money to

I seem to have annoyed someone with my post about the Central Bank’s bond sales, judging by this discussion of

There is lots of good economic news coming out of Ireland these days. GDP is rising at an impressive rate,

I was in Brussels on Monday to present my latest briefing paper to the European Paliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs

This is the class website for University College Dublin module MA Macroeconomics (ECON 41990) in Autumn 2014. Information and Assessment