Cornell Alumnus Is Behind $350 Million Gift to Build Science School in City

Chuck Feeney has been a major donor to the Irish university system; the NYT reports on his latest gift in the US in this article.

IMF Fourth Review

The fourth review of the Extended Arrangement  for Ireland can be read here.  This is the updated IMF projection of the general government gross debt up to 2016.

In the third review the IMF had set a target of €7.4 billion for the primary exchequer deficit in June 2012.  This target has now been revised to €9.0 billion. 

The target this year had been €10.1 billion and the June 2011 outturn for the primary exchequer deficit was €8.4 billion.  We can have a €0.6 billion deterioration in the primary exchequer deficit in the first six months of next year and still meet the IMF’s target.

Fiscal Fan Charts – A Tool for Assessing Member States’ (Likely?) Compliance with EU Fiscal Rules

David Cronin and Kevin Dowd have released a new Central Bank paper on this topic here.

Bankruptcy tourists cross Irish Sea

Jamie Smyth writes on this topic in the FT here.

ECB Financial Stability Review

This report is available here.