Output Gaps: Better With Hindsight
Twenty five countries in Europe are expected to pass the Fiscal Compact, thus committing themselves to via an international treaty […]
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Gavyn Davies Making Sense on Debt
Quite a few people on the internets have flagged Gavyn Davies’s article “You can’t solve a debt crisis with more
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Promissory Notes: No Magic Required
Here‘s an interesting article on promissory notes by Dan O’Brien of the Irish Times. Dan defends the ECB’s approach to
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ELA is Printed, Not Borrowed
A member of the fourth estate passed on to me a “Background Briefing” from the government on promissory notes. It
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Slides for IIEA Presentation on ELA\Promissory Notes
My slides for today’s talk can be found here as a PowerPoint slide show and here as a PDF. They
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Talk on Promissory Notes Tomorrow at IIEA
I’ll be giving a talk on promissory notes at the Institute for International and European Affairs tomorrow at 12.45. Information
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Effect of Austerity Measures by Country
Here’s what I was referring to in the previous post when I recommended looking at a European Commission report. It’s
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Exchange on Promissory Notes with an AAA-Rated Correspondent
This weekend, I received an email from an economist from a Triple AAA-rated Euro zone country in response to the
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ECB Governing Council Discussions
There have been a number of news stories in the past day or so (e.g. this one) which have noted
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Why Did Noonan Sign the ESM Treaty?
Nama Wine Lake asks “What did Michael Noonan get in return for an agreement which may leave this country stranded
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ICTU Meeting on Fiscal Compact Treaty
This morning I attended a meeting of the Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to speak about
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Killing Public Debt, Not Keynes
The excellent Seamus Coffey has a useful post on the implications of the Fiscal Compact rules for the ability of
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The ECB and Loss-Sharing
The ECB has released its annual accounts for end of year, 2011. Expect to read lots of excitable commentary that
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IBEC Talk: March 2012
I gave a talk this morning on the outlook for the Irish economy to IBEC‘s national council. You can find
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VB Show on Fiscal Compact: February 29, 2012
People outside Ireland wondering how the Treaty referendum campaign is going to go could do worse than to check out
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Some Good Employment News: QNHS 2011:Q4
To offset the bad taste of that nasty green jersey article, I’ll note some good news about the Irish economy.
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Business and Finance Article: Green Jersey Economics
Here‘s a (slightly crankier than usual) piece I wrote for Business and Finance. (I didn’t supply the picture). The article
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Golden Rule or Golden Straightjacket? Vox EU Article on Fiscal Compact
Here‘s an article I wrote on the Fiscal Compact for VoxEU. It’s an amended version of this article published in
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