Quarterly Institutional Sector Accounts

The new release is here.  Among the headline numbers –  household savings rate remaining high, at 18.5 percent of gross disposable income in Q2 2011 (it was 19.6 percent in Q2 2010).

Fiscal Policy Panel

The ESRI Budget Perspectives conference has been taking place this morning.   It featured a fiscal panel with the following presentations

Also highly recommended is the paper by Tim Callan et al:  Taxes, Welfare and Work Incentives

Legal Services Regulation Bill

The bill is available here.

IFAC: Fiscal Assessment Report

The first report from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is available here.

Mortgage Arrears Report

The report is now published and is available here.