Speech by Patrick Honohan to the IEA

The address given this evening by the Governor of the Central Bank, Professor Patrick Honohan can be read here.

Troika Press Statement

We have no press conference with the Troika delegation this time around and have to make do with this press statement.

OECD Taxing Wages 2011

The new report is out  – some key results in this file (keep in mind that employer contributions included in tax burden as is appropriate and cash benefits include child benefit)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888932588727

Central Bank to Survey Households with Mortgage Debt

Details here.

IMF on Senior Bank Bonds and Restructuring

The IMF lays out how bailing in of creditors might operate for systemically-important banks in this SDN.