IMF on Ireland; IMF on euro area

The IMF’s concluding statement on its recent mission to Ireland is here.

The staff report for its recent euro area mission is here, while the ‘selected issues’ paper is here.

Macroeconomics Job(s) at ESRI

Details here.

Vacancy: Assistant Director General CSO

Details here.

WSJ: ECB and Senior Bank Bonds

The lead WSJ article today reports that the ECB now advocates the bailing-in of senior bondholders.

Dublin Economics Workshop October Conference

The Workshop’s annual Economic Policy conference will be held at the Ardilaun Hotel, Galway, from October 12th to 14th next.

 

Invited papers will focus on the Eurozone banking and sovereign debt crises and on Ireland’s fiscal consolidation programme. Contributed papers are invited on these topics and in any area of Irish economic policy.

 

Brief proposals should be forwarded to colm.mccarthy@ucd.ie before August 20th. The programme and booking details will be circulated early in September.