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Ireland has new budget April 7, recession worsens
Dublin :: Ireland | 8 months ago
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Ireland's budget shortfall soared to 2 billion euros in January-February, prompting Cowen earlier this month to call for another budget revision -- the second since October -- to keep the deficit at 9.5 percent of gross domestic product, the highest in...
Tags: Brian Cowen, Ireland, Mr Cowen, taoiseach brian, public finances, Dáil
RTE.ie: New measures to stabilise economy
Dublin :: Ireland | 9 months ago
Credibility New Govt cuts & taxes this month: Cowen Tuesday, 3 March 2009 17:11 The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that more Government spending cuts and/or higher taxes will be announced before the end of the month. Watch live Dáil proceedings Brian Cowen said the...
Tags: Brian Cowen, Mr Cowen, Ireland, unemployment rate, spending cut, public finances
Recession hurts public finances
London :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
Credibility The UK's public sector finances recorded a surplus of £8.4bn in January, well down on the £15.3bn surplus in the same month last year. Government borrowing for the first 10 months of the financial year now stands at £67.2bn. The chancellor has forecast...
Tags: public finances, Britain, public debts, Lloyds Banking Group PLC, sector entities, city bonuses, RBS, Office for National Statistics, royal banks, lloyds banks
EU banishes Ireland to 'sin bin' over borrowing
Dublin :: Ireland | 9 months ago
Credibility S national debt is likely to rise faster than government forecasts, and the bank rescue schemes pose further risks to the public finances, the EU Commission warned yesterday, as Ireland joined the EU "sin bin" for borrowing too much. Brussels appeared...
RTE.ie: Economic recovery talks collapse
Dublin :: Ireland | 9 months ago
Credibility Economic recovery talks collapse Tuesday, 3 February 2009 08:02 Talks on a national economic recovery plan collapsed at Government Buildings shortly before 4am. Tánaiste Mary Coughlan said that in the absence of agreement, the Government will now move...
Tags: Bank of Ireland, Brian Cowen, taoiseach brian, pensions levy, Mr Cowen, public servants, public service, pay increase, public finances, economic recovery
Debt burden 'will last 20 years'
Ifs :: France | 10 months ago
Credibility The burden of UK government debt will remain above pre-crisis levels for 20 years, says the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), a think tank. In its annual Green Budget, the IFS says that the government will need to raise taxes or cut spending...
Tags: raise tax, Green Budget, public finances, Institute for Fiscal Studies, cut spending
Independent, Ireland: FF need long spell in opposition
Dublin :: Ireland | 10 months ago
Credibility Humility is defined as: "The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness."...
Tags: economic crisis, social partners, John Gormley, Brian Cowen, Ireland, spending cuts, public spending, public finances, Anglo Irish Bank, economic recovery
EU Cuts 2009 Economic Outlook
Madrid :: Spain | 10 months ago
Credibility The euro zone's economy will contract for the first time in 2009, the European Commission said in revised forecasts Monday, while Spain became the bloc's second country in less then a week to suffer a credit-rating downgrade, as concerns mount about how...
Tags: Spain, euro-zone, S&P, credit rating, public finances, Standard & Poor, downgrades spain, sovereign credit, AAA
Public sector borrowing hits high
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility Net borrowing totalled £16bn last month, said the Office for National Statistics, much higher than the average £13.7bn predicted by analysts. Borrowing for the first eight months of the financial year now totals £56.1bn. The chancellor has already warned...
Tags: sector borrowing, retail sales, public sector, Bank of England, net borrowing, public finances
Brown defends 'record' borrowing
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility The prime minister insisted to MPs that the UK was in a "stronger position than at any other downturn" and could borrow now because of debt already paid off. But Conservative leader David Cameron said forecasters believed government borrowing could reach...
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