ECB Cuts the Interest Rate

Announcement is here.

Human Development Index

The UNDP has just released its 2011 Human Development Report.

I hope we shall all be cheered up to see that Ireland has moved up the league table over the years and now ranks seventh in the world on their Human Development Index.

Taoiseach’s article in The Irish Times

Enda Kenny’s article in today’s IT can be read here.

2011 Triennial Surveillance Review – External Study – An Evaluation of IMF Surveillance of the Euro Area

The report is available here.

The articles by Joe Stiglitz and Martin Wolf on the IMF’s surveillance role are also interesting.

Economic Renewal: Increasing Ireland’s Productivity and Growth

In a new initiative, the ESRI is running a series of half-day conferences on emerging from the crisis, with the first event focusing on productivity and growth.  The first event takes place on November 9th and the details are here.