The Irish Times view on rising interest rates: feeling the pinch

The rise in the price of borrowing will intensify the cost-of-living squeeze for households on variable mortgage rates

Doves in flight as ECB rate rise in July looks likely

Cantillon: Inflation beyond energy and food less evident in EU than US but signs are there

Cliff Taylor: The penny has dropped that free money party is over

US interest rates rose, stock markets took fright and Government borrowing costs marched ever higher

AIB raises interest forecast and launches share buyback

Bank to hire as many as 700 temporary staff to help migrate Ulster Bank, KBC customers

Colin Hunt: Green transition ‘is the biggest opportunity in the history of global banking’

AIB is emerging from the pandemic in a strong position given its earnings potential and rising interest rates

Lenders beginning to back buyers opting for green homes

Cheaper mortgage rates available for environmentally-friendly new and retrofitted homes

European shares rise as ECB keeps policy stance unchanged

Wall Street lenders report mixed figures ahead of end to trading week

ECB sticks to plan for gradual tightening of monetary policy

Central bank gives no fixed date for when it will raise rates

European shares tread water as investors eye ECB meeting

Markets report: Investors fret about inflation impact on food groups

Amundi CIO sees slowing economies long-fingering OECD plan for 15% tax

Prospect of European recession ‘growing day by day’, says Vincent Mortier

European shares drop amid China’s Covid spike and tight French election

Iseq advances 1.1% as Irish market bucks wider European trend

Long-term interest rate on Irish government debt rises sharply

Rising inflation and concern about further sanctions sees heavy sell-off on international bond markets

Irish inflation soared to 6.9% in March, EU says

Energy remains the dominant driving force in rising prices across euro zone, followed by food, alcohol and tobacco

Inflation-easing measures should be targeted, Makhlouf says

Any measures should be temporary, says Central Bank governor

The mind-boggling costs for Ireland of the crisis in Ukraine

Inside Politics: There is a growing sense that not everything can be solved by unconstrained Government intervention

Markets face fact central banks not stalling on rate hikes

Cantillon: Borrowing outlook for many governments is changing

ECB could raise rates this year, board member tells Dublin event

Frank Elderson says he wouldn’t exclude lift-off in interest rates later this year

Q&A: Will Irish banks follow the ICS mortgage rate hike?

Joe Brennan: The ECB will have to move first

Non-bank mortgage lenders most exposed in rising rates

Financial markets increasingly pricing in ECB rate hikes from second half of this year

European shares drop as ECB accelerates stimulus exit

Iseq overall index ends session down 1.4% as pan-European Stoxx 600 declines by 1.7%

ECB speeds up stimulus exit and opens path to interest rate rise

Central bank vows to take ‘whatever action is needed’ to safeguard financial stability

We’re back in the 1970s with this energy price shock

Europe’s reliance on Russian energy make it more vulnerable

Has the ECB now paved the way for higher interest rates?

Smart Money: Ukraine war has pushed up inflation and central banks are under pressure to act

AIB in talks to buy back some State shares after €645m profit

Bank to return €213m to shareholders through dividends and stock repurchases

Rural and lower-income households hit harder by inflation

Central Bank study examines how inflation levels differ across households

European stocks flat as Russia-Ukraine tensions keep investors on edge

Oil prices spike on fears of a supply disruption

Pandemic spending drove national debt to €237bn in 2021

Figure equates to indebtedness of over €47,000 for every individual in State

How did housing become one of the most divisive issues on the planet?

From Europe to the US and Asia, young people are priced out and feeling left behind

Euro zone inflation unlikely to drop below 2% target, says Philip Lane

ECB chief economist’s remarks underline growing consensus on monetary tightening

Can Revolut replace your traditional bank account?

The fintech is set to broaden its services here, but there are still some gaps

ECB will act ‘at the right time’ to achieve inflation goal but only gradually, Lagarde says

European Parliament told that inflation is ‘likely to remain elevated’

Ed Sibley to step down from Central Bank

Deputy governor of prudential regulation will leave in autumn to join private sector

Irish banks among winners from ‘expected 1.5%’ ECB rate hikes, Deutsche Bank says

Institutions’ earnings are more dependent on interest from loans than most of their European counterparts

The great price squeeze: when will it end?

The pandemic has been overtaken by a cost-of-living crisis that shows no sign of abating

Gains in mining stocks give European shares a dig-out

Banking stocks lead the way on Irish index, with travel and tourism also ticking higher

Uncertainty clouds economic outlook for 2022

Inflation could become endemic if wage demands become entrenched

ECB alters the mood music around inflation

Business Comment: Philip Lane’s soothing tone look out of tune now as nervy markets react

Earlier action on interest rates than planned may be warranted

Rates may stabilise above pre-pandemic level in coming decade as climate change challenge looms

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Ireland’s Ed Joyce and Tim Murtagh were on the 2008 tour organised by Texan fraudster

Irish bond prices fall amid international sell-off

Falls sparked by signs central banks may hike interest rates more quickly than expected

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