Stagnation in bond markets threatens pensions apocalypseZero bond yields mean pensions are in trouble – so work longer and save moreFri Sept 09 2016 - 12:48
Chris Johns: Sterling poised precariously after Brexit voteMassive moves in currency not a crisis for Bank of EnglandFri Aug 19 2016 - 12:41
Chris Johns: Central banks must wish digital currencies were in existenceEurope’s banks are still far from being restored to healthMon Aug 15 2016 - 06:35
Damned lies and statistics in a post-truth worldNever mind the ‘liberal statistics’, Gingrich and Trump know how people feelSat Aug 13 2016 - 00:03
Chris Johns: Why are Europe’s banks still broken?It is not as if there is not a straightforward example of how to mend broken banks: the US did it very successfullyThu Aug 04 2016 - 01:08
George Osborne tax move should give Ireland pause for thoughtUK cut to corporation tax hardly a positive development but benefits of low Irish rate already being erodedMon Jul 04 2016 - 16:55
Chris Johns: Referendum exposes UK’s sordid, seedy underbellyNot impossible that country’s next prime minister will be its lastThu Jun 30 2016 - 16:45
Chris Johns: We have little ability to forecast what happens next‘It is absolutely impossible to guess how deep or how long UK downturn may last’Fri Jun 24 2016 - 08:07
Chris Johns: Brexit fight has poisoned UK politicsUK recession is probable in event of exit, with unintended consequences for IrelandFri Jun 17 2016 - 10:33
Chris Johns: Swivel-eyed loons are to the fore in Brexit campMy cohort of Brits know the EU is about peace and not economic growthTue Mar 15 2016 - 01:08
Economics: Fresh notes of optimism play to a gloomy chorusLow inflation has been around for so long most analysts now assume it is permanentSat Mar 12 2016 - 11:00
Nobody knows what is driving the latest outbreak of market nervesAll we know is that a slowdown is certain but what is utterly unknown is how many months or years that calamity lies in the futureFri Feb 12 2016 - 15:09
Chris Johns: USC is actually quite a sensible taxA good idea in principle it has been tortured into submission by exemptions, bands, multiple changes to rates and promises of abolition.Thu Feb 11 2016 - 02:18
Chris Johns: Ajai Chopra needs to take his share of the blame for bungled bailoutIf IMF was so vehemently opposed to what was going on it should have said so at the time, perhaps even threatening to withdraw from bailoutFri Dec 04 2015 - 02:32
Chris Johns: Self-loathing locks some of us into perpetual pessimismConfidence is vital and there are lots of reasons to feel better about the futureMon Oct 19 2015 - 01:00
Political aspect of budget always trumps economicThe budget and euro are political creations with almost incidental economic outcomesMon Oct 12 2015 - 04:00
Chris Johns: The regulated are always faster than the regulatorAspects of corporate behaviour have been a source of concern for centuriesSun Sept 27 2015 - 15:15
‘Celtic Tigger’ confounds economists’ pessimism of recent pastPredictions of low growth are likely to be as wrong as any other economic forecastingMon Sept 14 2015 - 07:00
Critical look at Leaving Cert economics syllabus long overduePromised review of 1969 syllabus failed to materialiseTue Sept 08 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Hangover from crisis makes us incapable of optimismEuropean economy is looking buoyant, led by robust labour market figures for IrelandMon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Threat of financial crisis puts focus on debt burdenThe world economy is still susceptible to problems wherever and whenever they pop upMon Aug 24 2015 - 14:02
Chris Johns: Governments must spend to ward off economic frailtyExpenditure has to rise – and a big part of this has to be on capital investmentMon Aug 17 2015 - 06:30
Pay attention to facts not theories if you want to learnEconomists increasing at odds over financial theoriesMon Aug 10 2015 - 01:00
Scant praise for Coalition as recovering economy soarsThere are many reasons for us to be confident about our economic futureTue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
Euro benefits Berlin but at expense of other membersGermany must be obliged to introduce structural changes to its economyMon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Europe is incapable of taking the steps it clearly needs toWe are witnessing one the biggest rolls of the economic dice in historyMon Jul 20 2015 - 06:00
Tory chancellor George Osborne steals Labour’s clothesRadical steps point to minister with vision who is not afraid to take business to taskMon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Anglo, Greece and the euro expose democratic deficitEU’s democratic and governance gaps are more worrying than its fiscal holesMon Jul 06 2015 - 01:00
Greek default will happen, the only questions are method and timingGreece needs debt relief, it has got nothing to do with morality or who deserves whatMon Jun 29 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Fiscal laws will just never stickPolitics and the economy are a dangerous mix and remind us why supervision is neededMon Jun 22 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Volatility in emerging markets offers investor opportunitiesZimbabwe may be a contrarian idea too farMon Jun 15 2015 - 01:00
Time to look forward and to build on growing confidenceThe situation in Greece mirrors our own but its economy remains under serious threatMon Jun 08 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Start your own business before the robots take overTechnologically disrupted workers need to reinvent themselves in self-employment.Mon Jun 01 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: What seems normal in interest rates is very strangeIreland’s rate of growth is extraordinarily high by global economy standardsMon May 25 2015 - 17:01
Looking at the economic benefits of immigrationAs a group, EU migrants to the UK go to work and when they do, they are more productive than the nativesMon May 18 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Keeping UK united may be harder than keeping it in EUIf Britain leaves it may not be that big a deal, as the EU is a busted flushMon May 11 2015 - 01:00
Pension crisis is still a financial disaster waiting to happenChris Johns: Government must tackle issue of unaffordable and indefensible benefitsMon May 04 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: A first draft of the Minister for Finance’s spring statement‘We want the low paid, eventually, to earn enough to pay some income taxes’Mon Apr 27 2015 - 01:00
It’s almost certain Greece will not pay back all that it owesNasty things will happen after a default but reinstating the drachma is not automaticMon Apr 20 2015 - 01:00
Key to election success: Reduce taxes on incomeFormer British PM John Major’s election victory of 25 yeas ago remains instructiveMon Apr 13 2015 - 01:00
Complacency is the enemy as we nurture our recoveryIt is not just Greece we have to worry about – the UK election is likely to lead to a brand new political landscapeMon Apr 06 2015 - 01:00
Financial talent more attracted to Silicon Valley than Wall StreetChief financial officers are being lured into technology far more than bankingMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
Don’t shoot Goldman Sachs for warning about Sinn Féin on economyCommentators focused on fact that Goldman Sachs was responsible for financial crisisMon Mar 23 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Forget forecasting. We need to know what’s going on now|Nowcasting suggests Europe is doing better than thought but the US has slowedMon Mar 16 2015 - 01:12
Robots may do to jobs what mechanisation did to horsesDriverless cars are one thing, but when your own job is threatened you need to pay attentionMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
Chris Johns: Greater impatience may be contributing to sluggish growthEconomic growth was invented during the industrial revolutionMon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00
Profitable banks are fine as long as reforms are in placeAs loan profitability declined, banks just made more loans – the usual checks and balances disappearedMon Feb 23 2015 - 01:15
Inequality debate plays fast and loose with the mathsFurther taxing Ireland’s diminutive 1 per cent won’t deliver equality; full employment willWed Feb 18 2015 - 05:59
The real-life numbers behind populist tax ratesA key part of Sinn Féin’s plans is to raise taxes on people earning over €100,000Mon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Greece’s Syriza versus ECB chief Mario Draghi: it’s game onStakes could not be higher for crunch EU talks – but common ground appears elusiveMon Feb 09 2015 - 01:00
