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Aidan Regan: The truth is that nobody knows what will or won’t work to end this inflation crisis

Governments and central banks are desperate for a silver-bullet solution to the current inflation crisis, but increasing interest rates is unlikely to make much difference – except to engineer yet another recession

Ian Guider: Interest rate hikes will be a big bonanza for banks

There’s plenty of pain on the way for mortgage holders, but it’s likely to be a different story for our friends at the big banks

Permanent TSB may not have conditions imposed on acquisition of Ulster Bank assets

PTSB awaiting approval from the competition watchdog before deal to acquire billions of euro of Ulster Bank assets can conclude

Ian Guider: Debt and inflation are lurking as the ECB withdraws its safety net

Ireland’s national debt could become a problem again, just as the European Central Bank starts to bring an end to quantitative easing and its financial stimulus packages

Rainy day fund could be restored to budget to store corporate tax receipts

The OECD has warned that inflation could be exacerbated if the government continues to spend billions of euro of extra tax paid by companies in recent years

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Editorial: A decade-long party is over as ECB finally wakes up to inflation danger

The ending of the European Central Bank’s stimulus bond programme should at least bring a bit of stability, but it is otherwise difficult to predict what impact the move could have

ECB to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade

The European Central Bank has said it will continue to raise interest rates this year, stating that it expects to next do so again in September

Euro zone inflation hits record high of 8.1%

The European Central Bank is under pressure to lift interest rates more aggressively this summer

Financial markets ‘starting to price in potential recession’

Kaspar Elmgreen, head of equities at Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, says that his company is seeing a big fall in consumer confidence in a number of countries

Ian Guider: Why we need to start talking about the impact interest rate hikes will have on squeezed households

Money markets are pricing in three 0.25 per cent moves this year, and probably the same or more in 2023

Lucinda Creighton: Europe’s bankers and political leaders must act on inflation – and fast

European monetary policy should remain ‘flexible’, says Christine Lagarde of the ECB, but what’s really needed is an interest rate rise across the eurozone

Account holders’ name, address and date of birth to be held as part of Central Bank database

Database of all accounts in the state to be maintained by regulator to prevent terrorist financing and money laundering

Editorial: ECB will have to move quickly to increase interest rates

It’s growing increasingly likely the ECB will be forced to lift rates by the end of this year in a bid to rein in surging inflation. It may need to move quicker than that

Extra measures to tackle cost of living must be once-off, McGrath warns

Government rules out ‘mini-budget’, increases to social welfare and tax cuts from support package

Lorcan Allen: Can the ECB’s rates gamble burst the inflation bubble?

With the cost of essentials such as electricity and gas skyrocketing, it is expected that the ECB will soon raise interest rates to curb consumer demand – but such a move comes loaded with potential dangers

Legislation being finalised for Central Bank register of accounts

Banks to be required to pass over data on accounts and account holders for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes

ECB paves way for Central Bank database of bank accounts and owners in the state

Draft law proposes a Central Bank administered database of bank accounts and account holders to prevent terrorist financing and money laundering

Editorial: The years of free money are now coming to an end

Interest rates are set to rise in 2022, with big implications for homeowners, people and businesses with high borrowings, and the trade and investment that keep the global economy moving

Dan O’Brien: As inflation rises across Europe, Germany and the ECB are watching Italy with interest

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, says its official position is that recent price increases are transitory. But if inflation does take off, the ECB will be in a nightmare scenario

Dan O’Brien: Inflation once again, but are we in danger of it starting to spiral?

The European Central Bank says that rising inflation is transitory, but if wages starting chasing rising prices, it’s unlikely that central bankers will be so sanguine