Iceland: IMF programme completed

The IMF country report is here.

Towards a More Equal Society

Michael King writes on inequality in today’s contribution to the Irish Times series: you can read it here.

ESRI Quarterly Economic Commentary

The executive summary is here.

Central Bank Conference: “THE IRISH MORTGAGE MARKET IN CONTEXT”

This event will take place on October 13th at the Radisson Blu Hotel (Golden Lane, Dublin).  To confirm attendance, email patricia.kearney at centralbank.ie.

8.45 – 9.00 Opening Remarks

Patrick Honohan, Governor, Central Bank of Ireland

9.00 – 11.15 Session 1: Estimates of house prices and negative equity

Chair: Gregory Connor, NUI Maynooth

Paper 1: Negative equity and regional house prices in the Irish market”

Gerard Kennedy and Tara McIndoe Calder, Central Bank of Ireland

Paper 2: “Who has negative equity? Some insights from loan level micro-data”

David Duffy and Niall O’Hanlon,

Economic & Social Research Institute and Central Statistics Office

Paper 3: “Decomposition of Irish house prices 2000-2010”

Yvonne McCarthy and Kieran McQuinn, Central Bank of Ireland

Discussant: Ronan Lyons, Balliol College and Department of Economics,

Oxford

Priority is to get people back to work

Today’s article in the Irish Times series is by John O’Hagan – you can read it here.