The Finance Minister is well regarded by his ministerial peers in the influential Eurogroup and if he succeeds in becoming its chairman, it would give Ireland considerable say on the EU’s response to the Covid-19 crisis
The ECB has done whatever it takes to save the banking system. Now the banks must do the same for households
The was little to celebrate in the latest CBI report which found that economic activity remains well below pre-pandemic levels
The bad bank has a forecasted surplus of €4 billion after healthy demand for the assets it sold and a 96 per cent reduction in its outstanding loan book
Covid-19 has disproportionately hurt disadvantaged groups and this inequality will hold back the strength and durability of growth unless we invest in education, healthcare, social protection and access to technology
The programme for government’s main challenge will be implementation – and making sure its important strategic missions are met
The programme for government is unworkable if the government decides to let struggling firms drown in the aftermath of the pandemic
In the month of March alone, €72 billion flowed out of investment funds in this country
Conor O’Kelly, the agency’s chief executive, says debt taken on at near-zero rates now will need to be refinanced at a potentially higher cost
Donald Trump is gambling his re-election campaign on the Nasdaq, but Thursday’s big sell-off was a strong sign of no confidence in Trump from the US stock market
Ireland significantly under-invests in childcare and pre-school education. But our political leaders can help to right this wrong
Radical changes to the motor and property tax systems to benefit local authorities could help businesses recover from the Covid-19 pandemic by reducing their annual rates liability
While the US economy was in many ways prosperous, it was a house of cards propped up by consumer demand for frills and ever-growing debt
When it comes to assessing how the economy can bounce back from Covid-19, looking at traditional data such as GDP may be irrelevant
Trying to neatly separate these into different European and national competences is a complete fudge and doesn’t reflect reality
The new proposal to issue €500 billion in common European debt is a big step in the right direction – assuming it gets the green light
This is no time for austerity – the economic conditions facing the new government present an unparalleled opportunity to ‘reboot and reimagine’
The employers’ group wants the next government to introduce additional stimulus measures as a survey shows 44 per cent of firms have laid off staff or cut back hours
The German Constitutional Court’s ruling on the ECB’s bond-buying programme upheld a law that is incompatible with modern central banking – and could also set a dangerous precedent
The German Federal Constitutional Court has involved itself in crucial economic issues that are none of its business