Latest Market News

Aug 23
Statement on the publication of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022

The Central Bank of Ireland welcomes today’s publication of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022. The Central Bank will continue to work with the Department of Finance throughout subsequent stages as the legislation progresses through the Oireachtas to enactment. Once the Bill has been enacted the Central Bank intends to publicly consult on […]

Aug 23
Fiscal policy and planning for resilience

At last week’s meeting of the ECB’s Governing Council, we decided to increase our main policy rate by 50 basis points.  This continues the normalisation of our monetary policy, a path that we had started to travel on last December. Our aim is to dampen the inflationary pressures that we’re seeing in the euro area […]

Aug 23
Higher real income growth, reduced spending and precautionary savings contributed to significant increase in Irish household deposits during the pandemic

Central Bank Economic Letter finds that, while household deposits increased across all euro-area countries during the pandemic, Irish deposit growth was among the highest, exceeded only by Baltic countries. Unlike Ireland, these countries had very high pre-pandemic deposit growth, marking the Irish experience as exceptional. While the virus and related restrictions reduced spending, a higher […]

Aug 23
Daily Market Outlook, August 23, 2022

Daily Market Outlook, August 23, 2022 Overnight Headlines Hedge Funds Pile Into A Record Hawkish Rate Bet Pre-Jackson Hole ING: Euro Woes Set To Worsen On Asia Fx Intervention Sales USD Steady, Euro At Two-Decade Low On Energy, Growth Woes Pound Dives And Inflation Bets Hit A Record On UK Energy Crisis Japan’s Aug Factory […]

Aug 23
Market Spotlight: GBPAUD Downside Opportunities On Watch

GBPAUD Trend Trading Price action in GBPAUD is looking interesting here. Following the lengthy block of consolidation we saw over recent month, the pair attempted to breakdown below the 1.7218 level last week, but was rebuffed on the initial attempt. However, price is now turning lower once again and, with both MACD and RSI turning […]

Aug 23
Crypto trader doubles portfolio in a month betting against Jim Cramer

Cramer is known for giving his investment expertise as the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” but has developed a reputation in the crypto community for missing the mark. 616 Total views 12 Total shares Twitter-famous crypto trader AIgod has brought a smile to the community after announcing he’s doubled his “Inverse Cramer” portfolio in just […]