The first InterTradeIreland Economic Forum – Global Outlook took place in Dublin on the 18th June 2009. You can see the presentations here.
Month: June 2009
The Irish Academy of Engineering has released a report here which argues that enegy investment plans should be scaled back, and expresses scepticism about our high renewables targets.
Ashoka Mody leads the IMF’s work on Germany as well as on Ireland. He writes in today’s FT in praise of the German fiscal law: you can read it here.
I’ve been looking into the AIB debt buyback program, details of which were announced on Monday (Irish Times story here.) Why in God’s name would I be doing that during a rare sunny week in this country? Well, between the state guarantee and NAMA, pretty much everything the banks do these days has implications for the taxpayer, so it’s worth taking a look at. That and the fact that I’m a nerd. Wonky corporate financey post below the fold.
The transcript of the conference call with Ashoka Mody is here.