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Jul 23
Transcript of Governor Gabriel Makhlouf’s interview with Niall Brady, The Sunday Times

Interview with Governor Makhlouf conducted 16 June 2022 Niall Brady: Okay, well listen thanks again for taking the time to talk to me.  You had a very busy week, from what I see yesterday was a busy day for you.  Gabriel Makhlouf: I’ve had a busy fortnight.  Niall Brady: Really?  Why a busy fortnight Gabriel […]

Jul 23
Central Bank Governor visits Tipperary to meet businesses and students

Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland Gabriel Makhlouf met with businesses and students from Tipperary yesterday during his day-long visit.  Governor Makhlouf met with local entrepreneurs, staff and Government agencies at Tipperary Technology Park, where conversations included the importance of local digital hubs and local economic development in a hybrid working world recovering from […]

Jul 23
Recurrent property taxes may help to reduce house price volatility

Central Bank Economic Letter finds that recurrent property taxes can, over time, help to mitigate downside risks to house prices. Such taxes may also provide a stable source of revenue for government, as they are less likely to be affected by the economic cycle. Revenue from recurrent property taxes, as a proportion of national income, […]

Jul 23
Central Bank highlights weaknesses in Virtual Asset Service Providers’ AML/CFT Frameworks

Central Bank seeks to anticipate and support innovation in the financial services industry Firms in novel areas must ensure their businesses will not be used to launder the proceeds of crime or to finance terrorism Central Bank issues a bulletin to virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to assist them in strengthening their applications and frameworks […]

Jul 23
Eurozone July flash PMI shows contraction for first time since early 2021

The seasonally adjusted S&P Global Eurozone PMI composite output index dropped to 49.4 in July from 52.0 in June, according to a S&P Global/Markit survey on Friday. Dropping below the neutral 50.0 level signals a contraction of business output for the first time since February 2021. Steepest declines were seen in Germany, where the composite […]

Jul 23
AUDUSD, H4 | Potential Bullish Continuation

Type: Bullish Breakout Key Levels:Resistance: 0.69579Pivot: 0.68608Support: 0.67995 Preferred Case:On the H4, with price moving above the ichimoku cloud, moving in an ascending support and breaking out of the descending trend channel, we have a bullish bias that price will rise from the pivot at 0.68608 at the overlap resistance to the 1st resistance at […]