When it comes to the management of Nama, politics should have yielded to economics
My best guess is that prices will stay north of $50 a barrel this year - but in this climate, nothing is certain
Briefings from ESM and IMF could jolt Dublin and Brussels out of complacency
Positives for Ireland, but 'normalisation' in US may lead to higher euro zone rates
We are in a new normal of systemically low oil prices, writes Constantin Gurdgiev
The 'worst specimen' of the vulture fund family will probably escape largely unscathed
Summer statement ignores quantitative easing that makes our debt affordable, writes Constantin Gurdgiev
Commodities markets worldwide are likely to remain highly volatile, writes Constantin Gurdgiev
ESRI's forecast fails to fully reflect economic uncertainty, writes Constantin Gurdgiev
The ‘Hero Central Banker’ was apparently scuppered by the oil price shock, but that was the outcome, not the cause, of the monetary policy’s failure to deliver a sustainable recovery
A global glut of oil has weighed on prices, and other commodities are also under pressure
Less than a month ago, Russian economic data posted surprisingly positive results. Growth was run...
In the long run, an economic crisis in Russia is a lose-lose proposition for all involved
Following a failure to agree on agricultural trade reforms at the last G8 summit, the United States is putting renewed pressure on Brussels to jump-start the stalled Doha trade round negotiations, just two months ahead of a major World Trade Organisa
You might think that after the failed EU constitutional referendums in France and the Netherlands, the bitter bickering over the new EU budget and the intransigence of Chirac and Schroeder at the G8 summit over agricultural subsidies, Brussels would
