Brian M. Lucey

Tag: bond holders

  • IBEC and IBRC and the IMF

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    This is a version of a column published in the Irish Examiner It must be dangerous to be a bird in Dublin these days. The government that promised transparency has instead adopted a kite-flying approach. The kites pop up, and like modern day Benjamin Franklins the government minister hangs on as it drifts into the…

  • Euro deal saves Ireland? Maybe…

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    It’s not clear that it does. I’m not sure it’s a seismic (Enda Kenny) or massive (Eamonn Gilmore) deal. And it happened because of Spanish and Italian pressure. So far as we can see at present there are three parts to this. The Spanish banks will be recapped directly from the EFSF and later the…

  • Europe needs leadership but from where?

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    This is an expanded and updated version of a column published in the Irish Examiner With the passing of the fiscal compact the government now find themselves in a position t once easy and difficult. It is easy in that the parameters of fiscal policy for the next number of years are set out, if…