Ireland

  • Nov 9, 2012
  • 7 min read

Debt reneging may be Iceland's key lesson for recovery

Iceland's experience may point to policies that could help improve domestic confidence in weaker...

Iceland
  • Nov 9, 2012
  • 2 min read

Reneging on debt may be Iceland's key lesson

Iceland's economic recovery, which started in 2011, has continued this year despite weak world...

Iceland
  • Nov 8, 2012
  • 2 min read

Low EU growth in 2013 augers more aid, fiscal slippage

The Commission yesterday revealed a more pessimistic outlook for the EU economy in 2013, slashing...

EU
  • Nov 7, 2012
  • 6 min read

Competitiveness gap prolongs euro-area exit debate

With the exception of Ireland, the root cause of the euro-area sovereign debt crisis is a crisis...

EU
  • Nov 5, 2012
  • 6 min read

EU fiscal compact may need revising post-ratification

The fiscal compact treaty, signed by 25 EU member states in March, is in the process of being...

EU
  • Oct 22, 2012
  • 2 min read

Merkel will use bank debt relief as euro-area leverage

Merkel yesterday said that Ireland's bank debt was a "special case" and confirmed that euro-area...

EU
  • Oct 19, 2012
  • 2 min read

Banking union offers new hope for Spain and Ireland

EU leaders today agreed to adopt by year-end a framework to create a banking union "during...

EU
  • Oct 4, 2012
  • 2 min read

ESM spat risks political crisis across euro-area

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Jean-Claude Juncker, leader of the...

EU