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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland buys back €500 million of its own bonds]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-buys-back-bonds-838838-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The NTMA cancels €500 million of debts due to mature next month, after buying the bonds on the second-hand market.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[NTMA announces issue of new 10-year bond ‘in due course’]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ntma-announces-issue-of-new-10-year-bond-829754-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ntma-announces-issue-of-new-10-year-bond-829754-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The bond will help restore market confidence in Ireland. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Draghi: ECB’s bond-buying programme can’t help Ireland escape bailout]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/draghi-ecb-bond-buying-ireland-bailout-823105-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3d0a02a3-4ba3-2adc-dbb1-4bd0f369588d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/draghi-ecb-bond-buying-ireland-bailout-823105-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The ECB president says the bank won’t use its bond-buying programme to ease Ireland out if its EU-IMF funding.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Bonds" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s cost of borrowing falls as NTMA formally issues new bonds]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-borrowing-falls-promissory-note-deal-788715-Feb2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/cost-of-borrowing-falls-promissory-note-deal-788715-Feb2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The body that manages Irish debt has formally issued new bonds to replace the promissory notes. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Promissory notes" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland to sell €500 million Treasury Bills this week ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/treasury-bills-auction-754878-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ae8cc5ac-0151-cfe6-dc11-9e11f5fc42f1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/treasury-bills-auction-754878-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The auction is the latest in a series of measures undertaken by the National Treasury Management Agency as it looks to return Ireland to normal lending markets. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[NTMA in talks with investors on selling new 10-year bonds]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ntma-in-talks-with-investors-on-selling-new-10-year-bonds-747245-Jan2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ntma-in-talks-with-investors-on-selling-new-10-year-bonds-747245-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The body in charge of Ireland’s borrowing says it’s looking at trying to sell Ireland’s first 10-year bond since 2010.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland raises another €2.5bn at the bond markets]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bond-auction-e2-5-billion-745676-Jan2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The short-notice auction is the biggest since we were bailed out – and helps build up a cash buffer ahead of fiscal independence.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bond Markets" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Danske Bank" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="NTMA" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Greek buy-back deal would wipe €20 billion off national debt]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/greece-bond-buyback-20-billion-712598-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8ce2aabf-6968-71b7-0089-025c410955f3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/greece-bond-buyback-20-billion-712598-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The deal will see some people get only a third of their money back – but others will get three times their investment.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bonds" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="debt write down" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Greek economy" />
<author><name>Associated Press</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/associated-press/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s cost of borrowing falls to lowest since April 2010]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-cost-of-borrowing-falls-700780-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ac2b9550-5cf9-2310-95b4-7c9aad777a04</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-cost-of-borrowing-falls-700780-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Bond markets responded positively to Greece’s proposal to buy back its debts – and Ireland is benefiting.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Cost of Borrowing" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Greek economy" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Greece asks creditors to sell their bonds back to the government]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/greek-launches-bond-buy-back-scheme-699051-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c1b41f61-1d6d-b0a9-8f7a-5063dafc59c1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/greek-launches-bond-buy-back-scheme-699051-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Athens will buy back its bonds, for between 30 and 40 per cent of their face value, in order to clear its debts.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bonds" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Greek economy" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fitch takes Ireland’s credit rating off ‘negative’ watch list]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/fitch-takes-irelands-credit-rating-off-negative-watch-list-674684-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b66e759e-0fd2-7581-6000-2d55ba25703b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/fitch-takes-irelands-credit-rating-off-negative-watch-list-674684-Nov2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s credit rating is still only BBB+, but Fitch says it’s no longer expecting to downgrade us again.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Credit Rating" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Credit Ratings" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Sovereign Rating" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain to announce Budget – with €39bn of cuts on the table]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-budget-39-billion-611777-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b0a80928-c51e-5923-1a74-20b4d82cd0b4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-budget-39-billion-611777-Sep2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Prime minister Mariano Rajoy will hope that the hard-hitting Budget will soften the terms of any prospective bailout.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spain" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spanish economy" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bond auction sees Ireland’s cost of borrowing fall dramatically]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bond-auction-results-593667-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c81857e9-8b0a-4c02-9775-fb9159917982</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bond-auction-results-593667-Sep2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The NTMA successfully raises €500 million at a cost far lower than two months ago.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cost of borrowing for Ireland falls after German court ruling]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bond-markets-after-german-ruling-593128-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:da978ace-3c54-3afd-8492-d01a2c3d9d6f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bond-markets-after-german-ruling-593128-Sep2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The green light for the ESM from the German constitutional court has driven down the yield on Irish government bonds.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[NTMA chief: It’s looking good for ‘sustainable’ re-entry to markets]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/john-corrigan-ntma-ireland-re-entry-bond-markets-592864-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:098828e5-f5fa-db74-4edd-f6abe3148219</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/john-corrigan-ntma-ireland-re-entry-bond-markets-592864-Sep2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[However, John Corrigan does warn that “wider uncertainties” in the eurozone could be risk factor to Ireland’s progress.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[NTMA to raise another €500m on bond markets this week]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-t-bill-auction-591491-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2d3b6df8-dd4c-db96-9e1e-ddb2658222f1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-t-bill-auction-591491-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-t-bill-auction-591491-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The treasury agency will auction €500 million of three-month bills on Thursday.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="National Treasury Management Agency" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Treasury Bills" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[ECB’s bond-buying is not a breach of its rules – Merkel]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ecb-within-mandate-merkel-587580-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a48ac7e4-3d78-99be-ecee-7e6ff4d9052c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ecb-within-mandate-merkel-587580-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ecb-within-mandate-merkel-587580-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[But that’s not what her Central Bank thinks…]]></summary>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[ECB may buy Irish bonds at end of bailout programme]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ecb-may-buy-irish-bonds-at-end-of-bailout-programme-586591-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:29dcf66e-af0d-a516-2b7d-c9f21f72888a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ecb-may-buy-irish-bonds-at-end-of-bailout-programme-586591-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ecb-may-buy-irish-bonds-at-end-of-bailout-programme-586591-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The European Central Bank’s new bond-purchasing programme will see the bank lend to countries coming out of bailout programmes.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/09/germany-european-central-bank-18-230x150.jpg" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[S&P: Return to markets is promising – but we won’t increase Ireland’s rating]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/standard-poors-credit-rating-ireland-bbb-542921-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:41ca2bee-e4d5-503e-fba5-2b3866fb2661</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/standard-poors-credit-rating-ireland-bbb-542921-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/standard-poors-credit-rating-ireland-bbb-542921-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The return to the bond markets is “an indication of progress”, it says – but the cost of borrowing is still way too high.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Borrowing Costs" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Rain on our parade" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Standard &amp; Poor's" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Whatever it takes: Stocks rise as leaders make eurozone pledge ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/whatever-it-takes-stocks-rise-as-leaders-make-eurozone-pledge-537724-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:599d8fa7-645a-546c-90d2-2e397a8f93cc</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/whatever-it-takes-stocks-rise-as-leaders-make-eurozone-pledge-537724-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/whatever-it-takes-stocks-rise-as-leaders-make-eurozone-pledge-537724-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[There is speculation that the eurozone bailout fund and the ECB could buy-up Spanish bonds in a bid to alleviate fears about the single currency. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Mario Draghi: The ECB will do “whatever it takes” to save the euro]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/mario-draghi-save-the-euro-535050-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1b548c06-f8f1-b154-06fd-9575306037d2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/mario-draghi-save-the-euro-535050-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/mario-draghi-save-the-euro-535050-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Stock markets around the world rocketed after the usually reserved ECB president insisted the euro would not be abandoned.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mario Draghi" />
<author><name>TheJournal.ie Staff</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/thejournal.ie-staff/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland raises €4.19 billion in first return to bond markets]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bond-auction-534456-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d82b0a2e-753c-4a07-855a-d5f403494a5e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bond-auction-534456-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bond-auction-534456-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Investors were willing to give us €4.19 billion in loans maturing in 2017 and 2020 – but they come at a cost.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/07/michael-noonan-fine-gael-ard-fheis-2-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Greece" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland is Back" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Everything you wanted to know about the bond markets but were too afraid to ask]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/explainer-what-are-the-bond-markets-504496-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e020968a-1d43-b1fd-2ee0-f8dd397044f1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/explainer-what-are-the-bond-markets-504496-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/explainer-what-are-the-bond-markets-504496-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s ongoing struggle is to get back to the markets – but what ARE the bond markets? Here’s our grind.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Explainer" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland still planning to issue short-term bonds this summer]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-return-bond-markets-summer-ntma-bills-500079-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ac57eb49-8c54-8745-bcee-171c88418a21</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-return-bond-markets-summer-ntma-bills-500079-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-return-bond-markets-summer-ntma-bills-500079-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The NTMA says it wants to get back to issuing some bills ‘during the summer months’ to warm up for full re-entry.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Starter's Orders" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spanish borrowing costs nearly triple in short-term auction ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-cost-of-borrowing-bill-auction-triples-500113-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fdbb2dfe-e164-6acf-e612-03914a9c517e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-cost-of-borrowing-bill-auction-triples-500113-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-cost-of-borrowing-bill-auction-triples-500113-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain issued some 3-month and 6-month bills this morning – but saw its rates rocket following its bailout request.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spanish economy" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spanish auction sees cost of short-term loans rocket… again]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-bill-auction-cost-of-borrowing-bank-audit-492440-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2dcbcca3-ed76-414a-c05e-754c12512546</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-bill-auction-cost-of-borrowing-bank-audit-492440-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-bill-auction-cost-of-borrowing-bank-audit-492440-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain sold off €3 billion in 12-month bills, but paid the price as investors continued to demand a high premium for their money.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Euro crisis: Spanish cost of borrowing hits 7pc as investors seek safety]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/euro-crisis-spain-cost-of-borrowing-7-per-cent-greece-election-491146-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f85ec9b3-f500-7a3e-12b7-b3e20b0b8af3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/euro-crisis-spain-cost-of-borrowing-7-per-cent-greece-election-491146-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/euro-crisis-spain-cost-of-borrowing-7-per-cent-greece-election-491146-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The costs had fallen after Greece’s election, but are back up this morning as the fear of contagion remains…]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[11 things to know about the IMF’s latest Irish review]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/imf-review-11-key-points-property-tax-eurozone-488298-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9c800e00-5e63-120c-6e4a-bd152c8c2425</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/imf-review-11-key-points-property-tax-eurozone-488298-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/imf-review-11-key-points-property-tax-eurozone-488298-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The latest IMF update on Ireland’s financial health, summarised into handy bitesized chunks.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[IMF approves €1.4bn loan – but has doubts about Ireland’s return to markets]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/imf-review-approves-loan-bond-markets-return-488461-Jun2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/imf-review-approves-loan-bond-markets-return-488461-Jun2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The latest quarterly review of Ireland’s bailout paints a mixed picture…]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Even Germany’s cost of borrowing is beginning to rise again]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/even-germanys-cost-of-borrowing-is-beginning-to-rise-again-484965-Jun2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/even-germanys-cost-of-borrowing-is-beginning-to-rise-again-484965-Jun2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Although Germany’s bond yields are still far lower than a year ago, it’s been rising sharply in the last few days…]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Euro crisis: Spain’s cost of borrowing rockets as Lagarde warns of ‘race against time’]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-spain-italy-bonds-bailout-christine-lagarde-484047-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:45628173-e8d8-d7e7-9215-b68a64ec1a41</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-spain-italy-bonds-bailout-christine-lagarde-484047-Jun2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[If you were lending cash to the Spanish government for 10 years, you’d get an annual interest rate of 6.76 per cent. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[German conditions on Spanish bank deal strike blow to Ireland’s hopes]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/german-conditions-on-spanish-bank-deal-strike-blow-to-irelands-hopes-482108-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:297ee65b-a419-e6fa-11ab-3f4646a48efa</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/german-conditions-on-spanish-bank-deal-strike-blow-to-irelands-hopes-482108-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/german-conditions-on-spanish-bank-deal-strike-blow-to-irelands-hopes-482108-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Germany ensured that Spain’s €100bn banking bailout would go through the government –  meaning it counts towards national debt.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Brussels and Berlin: ‘No news’ on potential Spanish request for bailout]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/brussels-and-berlin-no-news-on-potential-spanish-request-for-bailout-479195-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4946680d-28cb-fa0b-7528-c0d99df896a4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/brussels-and-berlin-no-news-on-potential-spanish-request-for-bailout-479195-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/brussels-and-berlin-no-news-on-potential-spanish-request-for-bailout-479195-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Both the European Commission and the German government say Spain has not made a formal application for EU funding.]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain sees borrowing costs rise, while France’s hit euro-era lows]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-sees-borrowing-costs-rise-while-frances-hit-euro-era-lows-477632-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8e7137ac-8664-9273-1d7a-3c19e4936e23</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-sees-borrowing-costs-rise-while-frances-hit-euro-era-lows-477632-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-sees-borrowing-costs-rise-while-frances-hit-euro-era-lows-477632-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It’s a tale of two Europes as countries go to the bond markets this morning…]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain: We’re being frozen out of markets, and we need help now]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-were-being-frozen-out-of-markets-and-we-need-help-now-476102-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f931fb0b-e940-d643-5900-e53329691a0c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-were-being-frozen-out-of-markets-and-we-need-help-now-476102-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-were-being-frozen-out-of-markets-and-we-need-help-now-476102-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Spanish treasury minister says Spain “doesn’t have the market door open”, at a time it needs cash to help its banks.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fitch: Yes vote removes uncertainty, but return to markets still ‘unclear’]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/fitch-yes-vote-removes-uncertainty-but-return-to-markets-still-unclear-474863-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:aeabd8c8-17d2-7199-a0c8-5542ad655feb</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/fitch-yes-vote-removes-uncertainty-but-return-to-markets-still-unclear-474863-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/fitch-yes-vote-removes-uncertainty-but-return-to-markets-still-unclear-474863-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The ratings agency says approving the Fiscal Compact removes a risk, but doesn’t guarantee a return to the markets.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain sees cost of borrowing rise, as major bank seeks €19bn bailout]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-sees-cost-of-borrowing-rise-as-major-bank-seeks-e19bn-bailout-465951-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7fe7c1da-7701-81ce-ee1d-870435bade07</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-sees-cost-of-borrowing-rise-as-major-bank-seeks-e19bn-bailout-465951-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-sees-cost-of-borrowing-rise-as-major-bank-seeks-e19bn-bailout-465951-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[This all feels eerily familiar…]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Noonan dismisses plan for government bonds linked to tax income]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/noonan-dismisses-plan-for-government-bonds-linked-to-tax-income-458278-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:929c1682-3301-cd2a-9f57-d66651523519</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/noonan-dismisses-plan-for-government-bonds-linked-to-tax-income-458278-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/noonan-dismisses-plan-for-government-bonds-linked-to-tax-income-458278-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath had asked the finance minister to consider a bond specifically linked to exchequer returns.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Norway sells off its entire stash of Irish government bonds]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/norway-debt-crisis-bonds-ireland-portugal-default-439816-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:13dba101-d6ef-f925-2b32-4a7e7ee996ca</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/norway-debt-crisis-bonds-ireland-portugal-default-439816-May2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund fears that Ireland and Portugal bonds are not ‘predictable’ and could default.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Rates up but Spanish bond sale passes off ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/rates-up-but-spanish-bond-sale-passes-off-422657-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f145fd10-4077-a151-59e6-2661f8dcbac7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/rates-up-but-spanish-bond-sale-passes-off-422657-Apr2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-20T07:37:08+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain sold €2.5 billion in debt successfully this morning, with higher interest from investors than expected.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Associated Press</name>
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