Cliff Taylor: No respite in sight for the squeezed middleNotion that all the measures brought in after the crash can be unwound is fancifulSat Aug 06 2016 - 06:00
Cliff Taylor: Latest exchequer returns raise a few question marksTax, VAT and excise duties are below target – will spending weaker further after Brexit?Wed Aug 03 2016 - 18:09
How to get vulture funds to pay taxCliff Taylor: Government faces tricky task swooping on vulture fundsMon Aug 01 2016 - 06:00
Analysis: Stress test a setback for plans to sell State’s AIB stakeHeadlines about the EBA test are unwelcome for the two Irish banks and particularly AIBSat Jul 30 2016 - 06:00
Cliff Taylor: Three bankers jailed – their crime was trying to stave off banking collapseTrio may feel they have taken one for the team in green jerseys – but a crime is a crimeFri Jul 29 2016 - 21:51
Cliff Taylor: With 26% growth, how do you predict what’s next?Analysis: Central Bank forecasters now faced with completely devalued economic dataWed Jul 27 2016 - 12:16
Cliff Taylor: Irish housing market clearly still dysfunctionalAnalysis: Central Bank report shows entire market in Ireland not operating properlyTue Jul 26 2016 - 12:45
Cliff Taylor: Single European market a nightmare for car insuranceCollapse of Enterprise Insurance highlights problems over who pays compensationFri Jul 22 2016 - 19:49
No-one likes paying tax, but we need to stop hating the USC so muchWe haven’t got a lot of cash to spare for tax cuts in the October budgetFri Jul 22 2016 - 19:00
Caveat: Better not to query that €280m EU billIt would be a mistake for the Government to have much hope of a cut in our EU contributionFri Jul 22 2016 - 06:00
USC cut would limit other promised tax reductionsReduction in 5.5% rate may compromise other commitments in government programmeFri Jul 22 2016 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: Six key questions for Noonan posed by the Budget planBudget plan lays out the options for adjusting taxes now on the table for the GovernmentThu Jul 21 2016 - 18:40
Sharp cuts in USC proposed in three-year budget planDepartment of Finance analysis says new revenues must be raised in other areasThu Jul 21 2016 - 14:05
Tax and high earners: Six key points in the budget debateChanges to PAYE credits could lead to marginal tax rates of 68.5% for some high earnersWed Jul 20 2016 - 12:47
Higher earners face bigger tax bill under plan to cut PAYE creditMarginal rate could reach 68.5% for people on €70,000-€80,000, says Irish Tax InstituteWed Jul 20 2016 - 06:02
IMF, EU Commission both cut UK growth outlook due to BrexitForecasts suggest UK heading for a year of slow growth, with risk of a recessionTue Jul 19 2016 - 13:30
Cliff Taylor: Political will for hard choices is as real as 26 per cent growthA central feature of the new politics is never making a decision on anything if it can possibly be avoidedSat Jul 16 2016 - 00:37
Ireland’s GDP figures: Why 26% economic growth is a problemThe growth rate may be statistical fact but it is a fiction in reflecting what is actually going onFri Jul 15 2016 - 09:30
EU antitrust regulators open third front against GoogleCompany accused of blocking rivals in online search advertisingThu Jul 14 2016 - 21:38
CSO to examine better ways of measuring growth amid GDP controversyAgency to convene special group to look into how best to present economic dataThu Jul 14 2016 - 08:53
CSO to convene special group to examine how best to measure the economyMove follows controversy over 26 per cent GDP growth rate for 2015Wed Jul 13 2016 - 16:24
Cliff Taylor: Who fears to speak of Irexit?Brexit: At some stage we may have to choose between the United Kingdom and EuropeFri Jul 01 2016 - 17:49
Fund manager Fidelity to move jobs from Surrey to DublinSources say move is not directly related to Brexit voteThu Jun 30 2016 - 20:05
Irish economic growth forecast for 2017 slashed by Cantor in wake of BrexitBroker’s estimate of 2.4 per cent growth is well below official predictionsThu Jun 30 2016 - 10:39
Growth could fall 0.5% over Brexit vote, says NoonanGovernment’s room for manoeuvre in budget unlikely to change, says MinisterWed Jun 29 2016 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: Government and business must plan amid hiatusPost-Brexit, we don’t know what future holds for Ireland - so we need a short-term planTue Jun 28 2016 - 07:47
Analysis: Osborne fails to calm markets as pound plummetsFour key points from Osborne’s statement and what they meanMon Jun 27 2016 - 08:31
Markets braced for more volatility in key post-Brexit weekSterling, the euro, stocks and bonds are expected to remain under pressureMon Jun 27 2016 - 01:00
Brexit: What to look out for in the days aheadHere are the implications for the economy of developments so farSun Jun 26 2016 - 13:42
Price of Brexit for Ireland is damaging fog of uncertaintyIrish firms need to know terms on which they will be able to buy from and sell to UKSat Jun 25 2016 - 08:33
Cliff Taylor: Brexit means risk, uncertainty and negativity for the economyOnly question is how bad it will be, analysts sayFri Jun 24 2016 - 06:47
Cliff Taylor: Government will be lucky to pass one Budget - never mind fiveThe Government will try to dole out what it has, not upset anyone too much, and hang onFri Jun 24 2016 - 05:40
What the summer economic statement means for your pocketUSC to come down but no increase in tax bands and creditsTue Jun 21 2016 - 16:08
Hold the holidays: a summer statement beckonsFive things you need to know about today’s spending statementTue Jun 21 2016 - 08:00
If UK votes for Brexit, the only certainty is the negative impact of uncertaintyLife goes on but the paralysing impact of a Leave vote should not be underestimatedSat Jun 18 2016 - 01:00
Forecasts show additional wriggle room in October’s budgetEconomic statement likely to show Government will have more than estimated €900mSat Jun 18 2016 - 01:00
Danger to sterling from Brexit a real fear for IrelandCurrency value will be a key theatre in which the effect of the vote plays outFri Jun 17 2016 - 07:55
Irish bonds suffer heavy selling as Brexit fears hitGap between Irish and German debt sharply wideningThu Jun 16 2016 - 17:00
Brexit: How can the bookies say ‘remain’ when the polls point to ‘leave’We have already seen a taster of what a real Brexit impact might look like. Sterling has weakened and equities are nervousWed Jun 15 2016 - 12:00
Eight combustible areas that require Michael Noonan’s attentionGrowth, banks, Nama, car insurance, mortgages, Apple – the returning Minister for Finance has much on his plateSat Jun 11 2016 - 12:00
The green jersey merchants haven’t gone awayThe Ireland Inc creed continues to frown upon straight discussion of anything that might be seen to not be in the ‘national interest’Sat Jun 11 2016 - 00:30
Commission warns Government of spending pressuresEU body highlights danger of State moving off correct policy pathFri Jun 10 2016 - 17:23
Cliff Taylor: No costings for many Government promisesFiscal council warns Government has not factored in ageing population and inflationWed Jun 08 2016 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: Decent returns a challenge after An Post cuts ratesAn Post’s decision will give green light to banks to keep edging down deposit returnsMon Jun 06 2016 - 01:00
Interest rates slashed on An Post savings productsMove further reduces options for savers at time of rock-bottom returnsSun Jun 05 2016 - 22:53
Cliff Taylor: Don’t panic if Brexit happens – Ireland must not followFrom day one all arms of Government and State agencies must sell the message that there is no question we would follow Britain outSat Jun 04 2016 - 01:00
Ratings agency criticises failure to restructure public spendingStandard & Poor’s assessment highlights failure to reform health and social spendingFri Jun 03 2016 - 18:09
Cliff Taylor: Best take advantage of rock bottom interest ratesWhile the era of cheap borrowing is forecast to continue, you wouldn’t want to bet on itFri Jun 03 2016 - 01:00
PTSB initiative targets current account businessBank initiative will intensify competition in market for current accountsMon May 30 2016 - 01:00