An Independent Irish Economic Advisory Service

Marc Coleman joins the debate on how to reform the government’s economic advisory service in this short article.

Debt Overhangs: Past and Present

Reinhart, Reinhart and Rogoff have a new empirical paper here.

ECB on the Fiscal Compact

  • 10/05/2012 – Publication: Article, Monthly Bulletin, May 2012, pp 79-94, A fiscal compact for a stronger Economic and Monetary Union, 222 kb, en

See also:

  • 10/05/2012 – Publication: Article, Monthly Bulletin, May 2012, pp 95-112, Comparing the recent financial crisis in the United States and the euro area with the experience of Japan in the 1990s, 715 kb, en

European Commission Spring Forecasts

The new forecasts have been released.  The Ireland file is here;  the full site is here.

Department of Finance Strategy Statement

Department of Finance Statement of Strategy 2011-2014