The Resilience of Canadian Banks

These authors identify low usage of wholesale funding as a key factor: read the VOXEU article here.

Macroeconomic Adjustment: The Second Phase

Robert Wade has an interesting piece on Iceland in today’s FT: you can read it here.  The main point he makes is that some of the assistance measures adopted last year are due to expire soon: much of the pain of the crisis was delayed rather than eliminated by these measures.  Accordingly, the full impact of the crisis on Icelandic living standards has yet to kick in.

The Chief Scientific Advisor on Research Funding

Patrick Cunningham outlines his position in this article in today’s Irish Times.

NAMA explained to NYT/IHT readers

Margaret Doyle provides an analysis of NAMA for NYT/IHT readers: you can read it here.

Research and Innovation: A Middle Ground

Liam Donnelly of Teagasc provides a ‘third way’ in the debate on research and innovation in this article: you can read it here.