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Ireland’s application for membership of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has been formally approved. Ireland is one of 13 applicants to the new Beijing-based international financial institution whose membership was approved yesterday. It is the first time the AIIB has welcomed new members since it inception, the multilateral financial institution said. The approved […]
Read MoreEuro-area lenders took €233.5bn in free long-term loans from the European Central Bank as they prepare for the potential end of extraordinary stimulus. The take-up in the last of the ECB’s Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTROs) – four-year loans at a rate that starts at zero and could go lower – compares with a median […]
Read MoreThe pound jumped yesterday after retail sales in the United Kingdom beat expectations, despite rising inflation. It comes just days after it was announced that inflation in the UK crashed through the Bank of England’s 2pc target last month, pushed up by rising food and fuel prices. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) […]
Read MoreThe State’s Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) will no longer be sole auditor of Nama’s group entities, with the bad bank now drafting in a firm to undertake statutory audit work for the next three years, when the agency expects to be wound up. The C&AG has previously defended its role as Nama’s only auditor […]
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