# bond-markets - Thursday 11 March, 2021
# European Stimulus
# European Stimulus
European GDP is set to shrink further in the first quarter of the year, says ECB President Christine Lagarde.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 16 April, 2014
# Inflation Stations
# Inflation Stations
Moody’s ratings agency “delayed on the way down and on the way up” on Irish debt.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 7 January, 2014
# News Fix
# News Fix
Today everyone’s been talking about a grim discovery in Offaly, Ireland’s bond market return and Ralf Lauren’s niece in a pub courtroom.
# NTMA
# NTMA
Demand for the 10-year benchmark bond amounted to €14 billion.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 31 December, 2013
# Markets
# Markets
Stocks have been boosted this year by the upbeat global economic outlook, low interest rates and central bank stimulus policies.
# bond-markets - Saturday 14 December, 2013
# Bailout Exit
# Bailout Exit
The NTMA say that they will not “run out the door” to make a long-term bond sale.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 17 September, 2013
# More Bills
# More Bills
Ireland will hope to sell €500 million worth of short-term treasury bills this week with the short-term loans are expected to go with little fuss.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
# Bond Markets
# Bond Markets
The NTMA cancels €500 million of debts due to mature next month, after buying the bonds on the second-hand market.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
# Bonds
# Bonds
The bond will help restore market confidence in Ireland.
# bond-markets - Thursday 7 March, 2013
# ECB
# ECB
The ECB president says the bank won’t use its bond-buying programme to ease Ireland out if its EU-IMF funding.
# bond-markets - Friday 8 February, 2013
# Moving On Up?
# Moving On Up?
The body that manages Irish debt has formally issued new bonds to replace the promissory notes.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
# Treasury Bills
# Treasury Bills
The auction is the latest in a series of measures undertaken by the National Treasury Management Agency as it looks to return Ireland to normal lending markets.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
# Bond Markets
# Bond Markets
The body in charge of Ireland’s borrowing says it’s looking at trying to sell Ireland’s first 10-year bond since 2010.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
# Happy New Year
# Happy New Year
The short-notice auction is the biggest since we were bailed out – and helps build up a cash buffer ahead of fiscal independence.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
# Greece
# Greece
The deal will see some people get only a third of their money back – but others will get three times their investment.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
# Bond Markets
# Bond Markets
Bond markets responded positively to Greece’s proposal to buy back its debts – and Ireland is benefiting.
# bond-markets - Monday 3 December, 2012
# Greece
# Greece
Athens will buy back its bonds, for between 30 and 40 per cent of their face value, in order to clear its debts.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
# Credit Ratings
# Credit Ratings
Ireland’s credit rating is still only BBB+, but Fitch says it’s no longer expecting to downgrade us again.
# bond-markets - Saturday 20 October, 2012
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
How much does it cost to bring football into disrepute on Twitter? And how do NAMA’s accounts look?
# bond-markets - Thursday 27 September, 2012
# Spain
# Spain
Prime minister Mariano Rajoy will hope that the hard-hitting Budget will soften the terms of any prospective bailout.
# bond-markets - Thursday 20 September, 2012
# Bond Markets
# Bond Markets
Interest on a 9-year Irish bond – the benchmark bond currently in circulation – has fallen below 5 per cent.
# bond-markets - Thursday 13 September, 2012
# Bond Markets
# Bond Markets
The NTMA successfully raises €500 million at a cost far lower than two months ago.
# bond-markets - Wednesday 12 September, 2012
# Bondwatch
# Bondwatch
The green light for the ESM from the German constitutional court has driven down the yield on Irish government bonds.
# Markets
# Markets
However, John Corrigan does warn that “wider uncertainties” in the eurozone could be risk factor to Ireland’s progress.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 11 September, 2012
# Bond Auction
# Bond Auction
The treasury agency will auction €500 million of three-month bills on Thursday.
# bond-markets - Friday 7 September, 2012
# ECB
# ECB
But that’s not what her Central Bank thinks…
# bond-markets - Thursday 6 September, 2012
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# ECB
# ECB
The European Central Bank’s new bond-purchasing programme will see the bank lend to countries coming out of bailout programmes.
# bond-markets - Thursday 2 August, 2012
# Rain On Our Parade
# Rain On Our Parade
The return to the bond markets is “an indication of progress”, it says – but the cost of borrowing is still way too high.
# bond-markets - Monday 30 July, 2012
# Eurozone
# Eurozone
There is speculation that the eurozone bailout fund and the ECB could buy-up Spanish bonds in a bid to alleviate fears about the single currency.
# bond-markets - Friday 27 July, 2012
# Bonds
# Bonds
The NTMA auctioned over €4 billion in Irish bonds yesterday in the first long-term debt sale since the bailout.
# bond-markets - Thursday 26 July, 2012
# Eurozone
# Eurozone
Stock markets around the world rocketed after the usually reserved ECB president insisted the euro would not be abandoned.
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Bond Markets
# Bond Markets
Investors were willing to give us €4.19 billion in loans maturing in 2017 and 2020 – but they come at a cost.
# bond-markets - Saturday 30 June, 2012
# Explainer
# Explainer
Ireland’s ongoing struggle is to get back to the markets – but what ARE the bond markets? Here’s our grind.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
# Starter's Orders
# Starter's Orders
The NTMA says it wants to get back to issuing some bills ‘during the summer months’ to warm up for full re-entry.
# Danger Here
# Danger Here
Spain issued some 3-month and 6-month bills this morning – but saw its rates rocket following its bailout request.
# bond-markets - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
# Bond Markets
# Bond Markets
Spain sold off €3 billion in 12-month bills, but paid the price as investors continued to demand a high premium for their money.
# bond-markets - Monday 18 June, 2012
# Yikes!
# Yikes!
The costs had fallen after Greece’s election, but are back up this morning as the fear of contagion remains…
# bond-markets - Friday 15 June, 2012
# In Summary
# In Summary
The latest IMF update on Ireland’s financial health, summarised into handy bitesized chunks.
A stray shower; breezy this afternoon
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Variable clouds with showers
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