Portuguese Bailout Request, ECB Rate Hike

Clearly these are important. No we’re not ignoring them. I guess none of our blog alumni have anything profound to say about these two predictable events over and above what we’ve already said. Still, here’s a thread for our commenting contingent to explain to us what it all means.

Department of Finance: Briefing Notes for the Incoming Minister

There are three files:

WEO/GFSR: Analytical Chapters

The analytical chapters from the IMF’s World Economic Outlook and Global Financial Stability Report have been released.

WEO chapters are here.

GFSR chapters are here.

Honohan: Irish debt repayments should be linked to growth

Patrick Honohan writes on this topic at the FT site: the article is here.

The Outlook for Credit in the Irish Economy

In the first of its new Economics Letters series, a team of central bank economists write on this topic: the publication is here.