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# Bailout Review

IMF approves €1.4bn loan - but has doubts about Ireland's return to markets

The latest quarterly review of Ireland’s bailout paints a mixed picture…

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Jun 15th 2012, 4:30 PM

# Bond Markets

Even Germany's cost of borrowing is beginning to rise again

Although Germany’s bond yields are still far lower than a year ago, it’s been rising sharply in the last few days…

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Jun 13th 2012, 10:40 AM

# Bond Markets

Euro crisis: Spain's cost of borrowing rockets as Lagarde warns of 'race against time'

If you were lending cash to the Spanish government for 10 years, you’d get an annual interest rate of 6.76 per cent.

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Jun 12th 2012, 3:12 PM

# Spanish bailout

German conditions on Spanish bank deal strike blow to Ireland's hopes

Germany ensured that Spain’s €100bn banking bailout would go through the government – meaning it counts towards national debt.

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Jun 11th 2012, 8:44 AM

# Debt Crisis

Brussels and Berlin: 'No news' on potential Spanish request for bailout

Both the European Commission and the German government say Spain has not made a formal application for EU funding.

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Jun 8th 2012, 1:13 PM

# Two-tier Europe

Spain sees borrowing costs rise, while France's hit euro-era lows

It’s a tale of two Europes as countries go to the bond markets this morning…

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Jun 7th 2012, 11:25 AM

# Spanish economy

Spain: We're being frozen out of markets, and we need help now

The Spanish treasury minister says Spain “doesn’t have the market door open”, at a time it needs cash to help its banks.

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Jun 6th 2012, 9:36 AM

# Bond Markets

Fitch: Yes vote removes uncertainty, but return to markets still 'unclear'

The ratings agency says approving the Fiscal Compact removes a risk, but doesn’t guarantee a return to the markets.

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Jun 5th 2012, 8:34 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine things you need to know as you start your day…

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Jun 2nd 2012, 9:02 AM

# Beaten Path

Spain sees cost of borrowing rise, as major bank seeks €19bn bailout

This all feels eerily familiar…

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May 28th 2012, 12:55 PM

# Bond Markets

Noonan dismisses plan for government bonds linked to tax income

Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath had asked the finance minister to consider a bond specifically linked to exchequer returns.

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May 21st 2012, 2:11 PM

# Bond Markets

Norway sells off its entire stash of Irish government bonds

The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund fears that Ireland and Portugal bonds are not ‘predictable’ and could default.

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May 4th 2012, 11:45 AM

# Spain

Rates up but Spanish bond sale passes off

Spain sold €2.5 billion in debt successfully this morning, with higher interest from investors than expected.

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Apr 19th 2012, 12:03 PM

# Spain

Spanish bond sale passes off with higher than expected investor interest

But analysts say the big test comes on Thursday, at Spain’s next debt auction.

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Apr 17th 2012, 1:45 PM

# Spain

Spanish bond yields pass 6 per cent mark

Concerns build that Spain will follow Greece, Portugal and Ireland in needing a bailout.

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Apr 16th 2012, 11:21 AM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.

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Apr 11th 2012, 8:06 PM

# Bond Markets

ECB may re-enter bond markets after Italian auction flops

Investors declined the opportunity to buy short-term Italian bills this morning, seeing interest rates double from last month.

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Apr 11th 2012, 2:14 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…

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Apr 10th 2012, 4:40 PM

# Bond Markets

Back to the markets: NTMA prepares to issue annuity bond

The National Treasury Management Agency will sell annuity bonds, possibly up to 35 years in maturity, later this year.

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Apr 10th 2012, 4:31 PM

# Every Cloud...

At least someone’s making money: ECB profits quadrupled last year

A ballooning balance sheet and bigger roles in the bond markets meant the ECB turned profits of €728m, up from €171m.

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Mar 8th 2012, 3:24 PM

# Bond Auction

Borrowing costs for eurozone bailout fund fall after Greek deal

The EFSF issues a new round of 6-month bills – with interest rates significantly lower than at the same time last month.

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Feb 21st 2012, 11:36 AM

# Bond Markets

ECB steers clear of bond-buying for first time since August

Last week marked the first time in six months that the European Central Bank didn’t intervene in the sovereign bond markets.

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Feb 21st 2012, 9:03 AM

# Downgrade

Interest rates plunge as Italy raises €6 billion in new auction

What downgrade? Italy flogs billions in 12-year bonds with interest rates falling dramatically on a similar bond last month.

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Feb 14th 2012, 3:28 PM

# Hell-as

Greece’s budget deficit for 2012 is already €1bn bigger than expected

Greece expected its income for January to be 8.9 per cent higher than last year. It actually fell… by 7 per cent.

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Feb 14th 2012, 1:15 PM

# Bondholder

This man owns €1.9bn in Irish government bonds

And he’s pretty confident about Ireland’s ability to recover from the economic crisis…

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Feb 8th 2012, 2:22 PM

# Bond Markets

Ireland returns to bond markets with €3.53 billion 'swap offer'

The NTMA swaps €3.5bn in bonds, which were maturing in January 2014, for paper maturing in February 2015.

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Jan 25th 2012, 4:36 PM

# EFSF

EU bailout fund overcomes downgrade with successful bond auction

The EFSF sells six-month bills with an average interest rate of 0.2664 per cent – despite being downgraded yesterday.

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Jan 17th 2012, 12:36 PM

# Bondwatch

Spain raises nearly €5bn in successful short-term bond auction

Spain sees the interest rate for 12-month bonds fall significantly, while Belgium has mixed results in an auction of its own.

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Jan 17th 2012, 10:00 AM

# Bond Markets

Back with a bang: ECB bought €3.77 billion of bonds last week

After slowly winding down its programme of hoovering up eurozone debt, the ECB was called back into action in a big way.

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Jan 16th 2012, 4:31 PM

# In Numbers

Prime numbers: the week in stats

How many Irish towns are ‘clean’? How much for an e-voting machine? And just how hard can a Sudoku be?

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Jan 14th 2012, 7:00 PM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Friday

In tonight’s fix: Downgrades for France – and difficulty for us? Plus: yet more rows over septic tanks, victory for workers at La Senza, and every presentation you’ve ever seen…

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Jan 13th 2012, 7:57 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…

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Jan 13th 2012, 4:52 PM

# Back to Life

Ireland plans to return to bond markets this year

The NTMA’s John Corrigan reveals that Ireland will stage a “phased re-entry” with the sale of short-term bonds this year.

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Jan 13th 2012, 3:31 PM

# Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve hands over $76.9 billion profit to US government

The United States’ central bank made a near-record profit last year, thanks to its growing stash of US government bonds.

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Jan 10th 2012, 10:07 PM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Monday

In tonight’s fix: Calls to negotiate a second bailout, Gardaí investigate woman’s death in nursing home, and which celebrity chef has been a very naughty boy?

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Jan 9th 2012, 8:04 PM