Banking Ian Guider: Interest rate hikes will be a big bonanza for banksThere’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
Banking Permanent TSB may not have conditions imposed on acquisition of Ulster Bank assetsPTSB awaiting approval from the competition watchdog before deal to acquire billions of euro of Ulster Bank assets can conclude
inflation Ireland’s economy exposed as global outlook tightens – Central Bank CBI warns high levels of inflation eroding consumer spending power and business profit margins
Politics Rainy day fund could be restored to budget to store corporate tax receiptsThe 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
Business Post's View Editorial: A decade-long party is over as ECB finally wakes up to inflation dangerThe 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
Company Watch Short and sweet for Cairn Homes as it awaits €100m profit for 2022A ten-minute agm in Dublin last week, with no awkward questions or thorny issues in evidence, signalled how promising the future looks for the housebuilding firm
economics 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 fastEuropean monetary policy should remain ‘flexible’, says Christine Lagarde of the ECB, but what’s really needed is an interest rate rise across the eurozone
US economist warns Fed must ‘act tough’ to counter runaway inflationInternational finance professor Sergio Rebelo says the lift in interest rates needs to accelerate to avoid repeat of 1970s crisis
Irish mortgage interest rates now highest in the Euro zoneIreland’s average mortgage interest rate of 2.69 per cent now highest in Euro area following sharp decline in Greece
Higher interest rates to act as a correction for stocks, Goodbody saysTech stocks and cryptocurrencies first to lose value as ten-year bull run comes to an end
Law Society fights back against negative interest rates on client accounts The organisation has claimed plans by Bank of Ireland and AIB will place an ‘enormous burden’ on solicitors