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The National Treasury Management Agency said it will hold one bond auction in the first quarter of the year on March 12. The NTMA covered around a third of its funding target for 2020 with a syndicated sale yesterday. It kicked off its funding drive by raising €4 billion via a new 15-year bond sale…

The number of people signing on the Live Register is at the lowest level since January 2008, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show.  The CSO said the Live Register total recorded a monthly decrease of 1,100 in December, which brought the seasonally adjusted total to 185,300.  In unadjusted terms, a total of 181,996…

Businesses are being advised to put a number of preparatory steps in place to deal with the financial and cashflow implications of Brexit. Britain is scheduled to leave the EU at the end of this month when an eleven month transition period begins. The Banking and Payments Federation has produced a useful checklist of essential…

The National Treasury Management Agency has today started the syndicated sale of a new 2035 bond that a market source said could raise around €3 billion.  The NTMA has kicked off its funding drive with a syndicated sale every year since 2013. It could cover around a quarter of its funding needs for this year…

The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.8% in December to stay at the lowest level in almost 13 years, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show.  The jobless figure has been steady at 4.8% for three months in a row. Today’s CSO figures show that the seasonally adjusted number of people who were unemployed…

Euro zone business activity remained close to stagnation at the end of last year, a survey showed today, as an upturn in services activity only partially offset a continued decline in the bloc’s manufacturing industry.  IHS Markit’s final euro zone composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), seen as a good indicator of economic health, nudged up…

The value of old Irish money that has not been swapped for euro since the change in currency equates to around €350 million. It is 18 years since the punt ceased to be legal tender in Ireland. The Central Bank said over €224m in old Irish notes and more than €123m in old Irish coins…

Revenue has today outlined what it has described as the most significant changes to the tax system since 1960 when PAYE was introduced. The changes are intended to make tax matters easier for the general public by removing much of the paperwork that normally goes in tandem with paying tax.  The new system will result…

Nearly 4,200 mortgages were approved in the month of November, according to figures from the Banking and Payments Federation. It was down around 7.5% on the approval numbers in October, but up 2% on November of 2018. In value terms, it amounted to €960 million in November. That measure was also down month-on-month, but up on the…

Exchequer figures to be released later today are expected to show a surplus of €1.5bn for last year. The surplus is mainly due to higher than forecast levels of corporation tax on company profits. The forecasts for corporation tax were revised upwards three times in 2019. The final figure is expected to be €1.4bn ahead…