Business wants stability, but who knows now what it will get?Populism makes position facing any minority government more problematicMon Feb 29 2016 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: The numbers to watch as count drama plays outComing days will be a poker game with nobody willing to show their cardsSat Feb 27 2016 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: Five key trends in latest jobs figuresUnemployment on a downward trajectory for over three years but financial sector one of losersTue Feb 23 2016 - 12:31
Cliff Taylor: Boris pounds sterling, so what does it mean for IrelandSterling is on the slide again and if it continues it will hit Irish exporters selling into the UKMon Feb 22 2016 - 13:44
Cliff Taylor: We can’t assume the recovery will continue but lets leave Pudsy out of itVoters need to believe their leaders can add but they are not interested in blackholesSat Feb 20 2016 - 09:29
Brady motors off after putting Citi on the road to successOutgoing CEO Aidan Brady was a master of reinvention in his two decades at the helm of US bank operation in DublinFri Feb 19 2016 - 06:50
Cliff Taylor: Maybe you should have gone in November, Mr KennyEven if economic dangers were there before, they are clearer now than a few months agoSat Feb 13 2016 - 03:02
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . stock-market fallsIf growth slows internationally it will hit growth here eventually. So take election promises to cut taxes, increase pensions and lower the cost of childcare with a pinch of saltSat Feb 13 2016 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: Five reasons to keep calm and carry on despite market turmoilIt may not be time to panic, but a lot of what is happening in the markets now is cause for real concernThu Feb 11 2016 - 12:45
Ireland borrows at a record low rate in bond auctionNTMA auctions €1 billion of debt at below 1% in last fund-raising in first quarterThu Feb 11 2016 - 09:40
Panda to buy rival Greenstar’s refuse collection businessDeal does not include Greenstar’s landfill power generation businessTue Feb 09 2016 - 22:27
Cliff Taylor: Fears of a ‘nasty surprise’ lurking ahead for marketsSources warn there is scope for more blood on the floor before this is overTue Feb 09 2016 - 18:54
Central Bank reduces investment portfolio by €700mSell-off largely due to ECB rules relating to balance sheets of national central banksMon Feb 08 2016 - 11:22
Cliff Taylor: talk of fiscal space a waste of election spaceParties should set out how they will spend and raise the €300bn to run the country over five yearsSat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00
Rating agency Fitch upgrades Ireland from A- to AMove follows a positive reassessment of the prospects for strong economic growthFri Feb 05 2016 - 21:00
Analysis: mortgage market is still far from normalCentral Bank rules hit lending but low level of housing supply also an issueThu Feb 04 2016 - 11:33
Cliff Taylor: Heat is gradually building in multinational tax rowCommission may find State undercharged Apple by amount running into billions of euroMon Feb 01 2016 - 08:20
Cliff Taylor: If you ask canvassers one question it should be this oneWhat what will you not do from your menu of tax, spending and public finance measures if econony does not perform as expected?Sat Jan 30 2016 - 07:58
Senior officials warned Noonan over cuts to USC in budgetDoubts emerge from spending watchdog on the affordability of election promisesSat Jan 30 2016 - 07:18
Analysis: Bank of Japan’s interest rate surpriseBank of Japan move has cheered markets, as US figures spark hope of slower US rate risesFri Jan 29 2016 - 09:48
Cliff Taylor: Banking inquiry comes too late to make real impactAll too often, legal and confidentiality issues hinder the effectiveness of investigationsMon Jan 25 2016 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: No windfall for Ireland from AppleTalk of €19 billion in back taxes arising from European Commission investigation is the stuff of fantasySat Jan 23 2016 - 01:00
Market volatility has some way to run yetNo respite for nervy investors as Irish maket down 10% since December highWed Jan 20 2016 - 17:39
Analysis: Markets in a muddle as investors blow both hot and coldDespite more warnings of a supply glut, even Chinese stocks have rallied todayTue Jan 19 2016 - 12:08
Cliff Taylor: Concerns driving markets must be watchedCrucial months lie ahead when data will show international impact of events in ChinaMon Jan 18 2016 - 05:00
Election 2016: Get ready to be hit by a digital delugeEuros as well as democracy will drive the social media campaigns on your screenSat Jan 16 2016 - 02:29
Cliff Taylor: Are we really going to let ourselves be bought off again by election promisesEconomic debate should not be narrowed down to auction on who will do what to USCSat Jan 09 2016 - 02:00
Servicing national debt drops to 3.3%Drop in average debt servicing cost yielding significant savings for the ExchequerSat Jan 09 2016 - 01:00
NTMA raises €3bn through sale of a new 10-year bondFunds were raised at a yield of 1.15 per centThu Jan 07 2016 - 13:56
Cliff Taylor: Five things to note about China's trading suspensionHalted trading has led to nasty early falls in European marketsThu Jan 07 2016 - 11:19
NTMA expected to raise €3bn in new 10-year borrowingsAgency aims to take advantage of historically low borrowing rates to raise its first funding for 2016Wed Jan 06 2016 - 15:33
Borrowing target to be cut due to strong tax returnsNoonan set target of 1.2% of GDP for year but strong trend in tax receipts likely to lower itTue Jan 05 2016 - 01:00
Analysis: New year brings little respite for marketsConcerns about growth in China and emerging markets hit share pricesMon Jan 04 2016 - 12:25
Cliff Taylor: Stability needed to keep firms in the ‘sweet spot’Irish businesses need next government to ensure growth continues in domestic sectorMon Jan 04 2016 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: Nine unavoidable election catchphrasesAs parties get into campaign mode, expect to hear these phrases again and againSun Jan 03 2016 - 09:49
Michael Noonan limits credit union depositsControversial ceiling of €100,000 on most deposits comes into forceMon Dec 28 2015 - 01:00
Revenue changes give taxpayers new appeals routeThose unhappy with a decision will no longer appeal in first instance to the RevenueSun Dec 27 2015 - 18:46
Petroceltic puts itself up for sale after breaching loan conditionsEnergy company has appointed advisers to talk to potential buyersWed Dec 23 2015 - 18:17
Government's planning for primary care a far cry from Reilly's prognosisReport says there was no formal assessment of future population trends or how they would affect demand for primary careTue Dec 22 2015 - 01:00
Fine Gael plans to extend PRSI to incomes over €13,000Proposal comes as Burton says FG in government on its own would serve the wealthyMon Dec 21 2015 - 10:22
Cliff Taylor: Government is vulnerable over record on public servicesThe economic ground on which the coalition will try to fight the election is clear - more of the same, stability, and some tax and spending sweeteners thrown inSat Dec 19 2015 - 04:20
Enet owner investment approaches €100mGranahan McCourt expected to tender to provide broadband services in rural areasThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:03
Six things to watch as the Fed raises interest ratesThe Fed is due to raise interest rates this evening for the first time since 2006Wed Dec 16 2015 - 11:12
Multinational moves could prompt major losses in taxAction on tax avoidance could see €600m go from the pharma sector, says reportWed Dec 16 2015 - 01:00
Just how low can oil prices go?If the current oil price drop is sustained it should lead to prices continuing to ease at the pumpsMon Dec 14 2015 - 15:11
All eyes on bonds as Federal Reserve poised to unwind stimulusWhen the Fed lifted interest rates in 1994, after six years, the bond markets collapsedMon Dec 14 2015 - 01:00
Cliff Taylor: Growth may be overstated but we are doing wellTens of billions slosh in and out of the economic figures relating to manufacturing carried out overseas on behalf of Irish subsidiariesSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:21
ECB starts row with Government about ATM tax moveFinance Bill will introduce 12 cent stamp duty charge on each cash withdrawalFri Dec 11 2015 - 18:40
Fighting tax avoidance: what’s in the Clinton planDemocrat presidential candidate lays out plan to frustrate Pfizer and others looking to cut US tax billThu Dec 10 2015 - 14:02
Buyers of new homes to escape property tax until 2019Measure a boost for developers as it also exempts unsold properties from levyTue Dec 08 2015 - 11:18
