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European Central Bank

Economics

Interest rates will rise again in February and March, Central Bank chief says

Gabriel Makhlouf says interest rates will rise at the next two meetings of the ECB, but says there is ‘uncertainty’ about policy decisions after that
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 25, 2023
Lending

Irish mortgage rates third-lowest in eurozone last November, but increases on horizon

New figures show the average interest rate on new Irish home loans remained at 2.57% last November, but figures largely predate hikes from big Irish lenders
  • Donal MacNamee
  • January 11, 2023
Inflation

Philip Lane expects pay rises will cause a ‘second round’ of inflation in Europe

The ECB chief economist also expects further interest rate hikes
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • December 6, 2022
Economy

Eurozone inflation finally slows in sign of hope for European Central Bank

Prices in Ireland increased an estimated 9 per cent in the 12 months to the end of November compared to a 9.4 per cent increase the previous month
  • Cónal Thomas
  • November 30, 2022
Banking

Bank of Ireland increases rates on fixed mortgages by 0.25%

The lender is the second of the three main banks to increase its mortgage prices
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • November 10, 2022
Economics

Ibec expects interest rates to double again

The central European rate has already increased at a record pace since July
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • November 3, 2022
Finance

AIB - High interest rates are a return to normal

Tracker mortgage customers face higher costs following the latest European Central Bank increase
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • October 28, 2022
Inflation

Bank of Ireland confirms tracker mortage hike after ECB interest rates rise

The European Central Bank this afternoon had doubled its key interest rate to the highest level in more than a decade
  • Paul O'Donoghueand
  • Bloomberg
  • October 27, 2022
Finance

Major lender Finance Ireland suspends long-term mortgages as interest rates climb

Finance Ireland said it plans for the move to be temporary
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • October 26, 2022
Property

New mortgage rates nearly double at one of Ireland’s biggest lenders

Finance Ireland’s price increase is in response to the European Central Bank hiking rates
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • October 3, 2022
Economics

US dollar to stay strong against euro and sterling, says currency expert

The ECB and Bank of England may find it hard to match the level of interest rate hikes coming from the Fed, says Moneycorp Europe’s Shane Murphy
  • Ellie Donnelly and
  • Lorcan Allen
  • August 20, 2022

Expert warns central banks not raising interest rates quickly enough to stem inflation crisis

Global assets manager for €133 billion portfolio says a reversal is urgently needed for the world economy’s ‘extreme imbalance of capital and liquidity relative to investment demand’
  • Lorcan Allen
  • May 8, 2022

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
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • February 16, 2022

Business in 2022: Is the year of the squeeze upon us?

With Covid-19 refusing to go away and question marks remaining over the viability of many businesses, inflation could be the hot topic in the financial world this coming year
  • Lorcan Allen
  • January 2, 2022

Bank of Ireland fined €24.5m

Consumers and the financial system were exposed to ‘serious potential risk’ due to IT systems control failings
  • Peter O'Dwyer
  • December 2, 2021

Eugene Kiernan: Policy makers are changing their language around inflation rates

The transitory narrative around rising rates could be shifting
  • Eugene Kiernan
  • November 23, 2021

Binance suspends Sepa transfers for Irish investors

Irish users of the cryptocurrency exchange, one of the largest in the world, have been blocked from making euro bank deposits
  • Rosanna Cooney
  • July 12, 2021

Analysis: Central banking’s brave new world

The ambition of central bankers once was to ‘be boring’ but they now take on responsibility for policy objectives such as tackling inequality and climate change. Not all onlookers are pleased at this ‘self-defined mission creep’
  • Jean Pisani-Ferry
  • February 24, 2021

Aidan Regan: Now is the time to rethink the state’s role in our economy

Easier access to borrowing on bond markets, a lower than expected budget deficit and rising property prices offer opportunities to expand universal public services and reshape Ireland Inc
  • Aidan Regan
  • January 10, 2021

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