“A temporary bounce? No, investor optimism is justified by historically low discount rates”
May 26, 2020 5:04 amStock-markets often surprise, but the rebound of recent weeks has shocked many. From the pandemic panic low on March 23,... View Article
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A solid business, a pillar of the rural economy and a €6m UK brand misadventure: where next for Aurivo?
May 25, 2020 5:02 amDonal Tierney has a lot on his plate. The former chief financial officer of Aurivo, the cross-border agribusiness stretching across... View Article
A fair deal on rents: In return for support from tenants and the state, could landlords take a haircut on rents?
May 22, 2020 4:46 amIreland’s strained relationship with landlords is centuries old. The Covid-19 crisis is creating the latest battleground as beleaguered SMEs struggle... View Article
Unconventional problems, unconventional solutions: How Irish households could benefit from creative thinking on monetary policy
May 21, 2020 5:26 amOver the last two weeks Q1 GDP data was released for the US, the eurozone and the UK. Predictably, the... View Article
France and Germany have proposed a €500bn fund to shield the European economy. What does it mean for Ireland?
May 20, 2020 5:35 amSince the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, a number of economists, including myself, have been calling for the European Union... View Article
German courts are fighting with the ECB. What does it mean for Ireland?
May 19, 2020 4:42 amAnother crisis, another high energy battle between the ECB and the German economic policy purists. And another spin on the... View Article
Can Ireland’s dairy industry weather the pandemic?
May 18, 2020 5:12 amA good part of the traffic I’m meeting in my 5km freedom zone on the Meath/Cavan border these days is... View Article
For professional rugby, Covid 19 could not have come at a worse time
May 15, 2020 3:26 amIt has long been one of the great closing-time arguments – is professional sport a sport these days or just... View Article
Stephen Kinsella: Recovery is a tale of three letters – V, U and L
May 14, 2020 5:10 amLook at the chart below. It shows three possible futures and one definite future past. We begin with a toy... View Article
To revive economy, do policymakers need to think like management consultants?
May 14, 2020 4:05 amAfter weeks locked behind closed doors the Irish people will soon slowly start to emerge and begin to rebuild our... View Article
