Ireland

The following video is from the Wall Street Journal and serves as a continuation on the theme of investigating the economies of Europe's periphery. These videos are good because it puts a human face on a subject for people unfamiliar with…

by Win Thin Here are some more thoughts on Fitch’s downgrade of Ireland to A+ from AA- with negative outlook kept in place.  Of course, we view the Fitch downgrade as completely justified, and look for further cuts ahead as our model…

By Win Thin, Global Head Of Emerging Markets Strategy, BBH Here are some more thoughts on Moody’s actions today. In general, Moody’s has been too soft on Europe and so putting Ireland’s rating on review for possible downgrade (just like…

by Claus Vistesen With course work coming up and with my internet connection just coming on-stream this weekend I hope that I can be forgiven for not posting in the past week. And now that I am I can only find the energy to move in with…

The Credit Writedowns Interview with President Bill Clinton: Report on a blogger meeting with former President Bill Clinton and what his views say about the agenda for Democrats and the Obama Administration. Hugh Hendry interview on…

by Edward Hugh According to Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero speaking in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last Tuesday the European sovereign debt crisis is over. "I believe that the debt crisis affecting…

Here are some quick thoughts on what's happening in Ireland. The Irish situation is mostly about the collapse in the economy due to a huge run-up in private sector debts. This has been complicated by Iceland-style bailouts for an outsized…

Topic of the Day: Ireland Ireland's austerity measures show us how not to do it | Business | The Guardian BBC News - Irish economy contracts by 1.2% Stat of the Day: Ireland now fifth for highest government default probabilities…

This morning, BBH's Marc Chandler noted: In today’s European trading session, Ireland sold €100 of bills with an average yield of 2.23% with a maturity set for April 18, 2011. On the whole, Ireland auctioned €400M of bills, less than…

Unlike Mr. Market who seem to be in full risk-on mode at the moment I am a bit handicapped on account of an awfully slow internet connection which is why posting is unusually slim at the moment. Another part of the market which seems to be…