The new issue of the estimable Dublin Review of Books carries this article by Michael O’Sullivan.
The new release is here. Among the headline numbers – household savings rate remaining high, at 18.5 percent of gross disposable income in Q2 2011 (it was 19.6 percent in Q2 2010).
The ESRI Budget Perspectives conference has been taking place this morning. It featured a fiscal panel with the following presentations
Also highly recommended is the paper by Tim Callan et al: Taxes, Welfare and Work Incentives
A reminder that this well-timed Central Bank conference on the Irish mortgage market takes place today.
The bill is available here.