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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Here’s how to protect your bank deposits in this unsettled economy]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/protecting-your-bank-deposits-913370-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Many sensible individuals are now rightly worried about the security of their savings and investments, writes David Quinn who says diversification is key. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>David Quinn</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland to auction €500 million in T-Bills]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-to-auction-e500-million-in-t-bills-836687-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-to-auction-e500-million-in-t-bills-836687-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The next sale is slated for Thursday, 21 March. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</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>2013-05-24T20:16:46+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>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[SOLD! Ireland sees slightly higher cost of borrowing on T-Bills ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ntma-markets-treasury-bills-803508-Feb2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ntma-markets-treasury-bills-803508-Feb2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The NTMA sold €500 million worth of short-term bonds at auction this morning. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Open thread: What do you want to know about the promissory notes issue? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/anglo-promissory-notes-bank-debt-deal-772619-Jan2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/anglo-promissory-notes-bank-debt-deal-772619-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It’s back on the agenda as the Irish government seeks a deal to avoid paying back €3.06 billion due in March, but what do you want to know about those pesky promissory notes?]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Irish investor sentiment now positive – RaboDirect]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-investor-sentiment-rabodirect-772010-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2a317c65-f3b8-5275-a8f8-009ea835bd91</id>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[RaboDirect’s Investor Barometer has also shown that 42 per cent of investors would prefer to invest in emerging markets.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[State-owned Permanent TSB pays €1.3bn to bondholders today]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/permanent-tsb-bond-repayment-753780-Jan2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/permanent-tsb-bond-repayment-753780-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The repayment is part of over €17 billion that will be paid to bondholders by Irish banks in 2013. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland sells €1 billion in Bank of Ireland bonds]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-bonds-747890-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:30ec5487-1364-5f17-2e23-9a7d176bdb88</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-bonds-747890-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Michael Noonan said the sale marks the start of the process of recovering money for the Irish taxpayer. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
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</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[NAMA redeems €1.5 billion in bonds]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/nama-1-5-billion-bonds-723554-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:df20568c-4fb7-992f-2f1a-43fe9548d609</id>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[This means NAMA has reduced its indebtedness by over €5 billion since its establishment three years ago.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland raises €250 million in sale of subordinated debt ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-debt-713527-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4ca53bc5-dd29-fe07-9537-1faf9859977c</id>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The beleaguered bank has ventured back into the fundraising markets. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</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>2013-05-24T20:16:46+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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<author><name>Associated Press</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/associated-press/</url>
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<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>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+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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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s cost of borrowing stable as €500 million raised on markets]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ntma-bond-auction-ireland-yield-640242-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:965023f4-b8b6-86be-cccd-f2a8488023d2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ntma-bond-auction-ireland-yield-640242-Oct2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The auction was oversubscribed and the cost of borrowing remained at 0.7 per cent. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland to raise €500 million on bond markets ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bond-auction-ireland-636961-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:89d7f2c2-71ff-427d-6e83-247b2506b847</id>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The auction will be Ireland’s fourth since the bailout programme was initiated in November 2010.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Noonan: There is no way of verifying who AIB bondholders are ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/aib-bondholders-michael-noonan-622537-Oct2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/aib-bondholders-michael-noonan-622537-Oct2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said that an attempt to verify exactly who the bondholders who received €1 billion this week are would be an “irretrievable” step towards default. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The FBI’s 10 most sought-after pieces of stolen art]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/fbi-most-wanted-stolen-art-609402-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:97985e7e-bf63-c85e-6353-4809618e8243</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/fbi-most-wanted-stolen-art-609402-Sep2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A Renoir, a Picasso and a very pricey violin count among the lost masterpieces.]]></summary>
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<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>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+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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<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>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[But that’s not what her Central Bank thinks…]]></summary>
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<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>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+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>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Head of Bundesbank says ECB bond buying is “like a drug”]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bundesbank-574333-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a9da5ee9-f1c6-b103-3aa6-1fba241f0ff4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bundesbank-574333-Aug2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In the latest sign of a growing rift within the ECB, Jens Weidman criticised the ECB chief’s policies on buying member state bonds to drive down borrowing costs.]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Irish 9-year bonds fall below 6% for the first time since 2010]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-9-year-bonds-fall-below-6-for-the-first-time-since-2010-566897-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b84c4031-9275-77aa-9e87-a174ff3c13f5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-9-year-bonds-fall-below-6-for-the-first-time-since-2010-566897-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/irish-9-year-bonds-fall-below-6-for-the-first-time-since-2010-566897-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Bond yields have fallen to their lowest rate since 19 October 2010, when Ireland entered into a bailout agreement with the EU/IMF. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Honohan says ECB bond buying move is good for Ireland]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/honohan-says-bond-buying-move-by-ecb-is-good-news-for-ireland-545583-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7a204e2c-15a3-ab3b-efbd-1286bd4f1e2f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/honohan-says-bond-buying-move-by-ecb-is-good-news-for-ireland-545583-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/honohan-says-bond-buying-move-by-ecb-is-good-news-for-ireland-545583-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Honohan welcomed a yesterday’s comments by ECB President Mario Draghi – saying that it marked an important step for Ireland and the rest of the Eurozone. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain’s debt: will ECB start buying bonds again?]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spains-debt-will-ecb-start-buying-bonds-again-542254-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:af5163fe-d9f5-e37b-985b-b5c6ffdf3985</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spains-debt-will-ecb-start-buying-bonds-again-542254-Aug2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[ECB set for crucial meeting today over eurozone debt crisis.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Associated Press</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Eurozone fears continue as IMF start Greek inspection]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-fears-imf-greece-inspection-spain-italy-531244-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f8f7f87f-8eb5-d5a6-a4fe-67f1ac19ba29</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eurozone-fears-imf-greece-inspection-spain-italy-531244-Jul2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Yields on Spanish and Italian bonds hit record highs yesterday as uncertainty in the markets continues.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s €500m government debt sale goes better than expected]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-government-debt-sale-ntma-treasury-510646-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ffe93d99-e9e6-ae1a-1e09-59603d3a7978</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-government-debt-sale-ntma-treasury-510646-Jul2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Minister for Finance welcomes auction of Treasury Bills which fetched a 1.8 per cent yield. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland returns to the markets today – here’s what you need to know]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-markets-bonds-debt-auction-explainer-510413-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:aada1dfd-f47c-d3a6-c618-f1597dd6f1ae</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-markets-bonds-debt-auction-explainer-510413-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-markets-bonds-debt-auction-explainer-510413-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The NTMA is set to try and raise money for the first time since Ireland was bailed out, with a €500m debt auction.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
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<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>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+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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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spanish borrowing costs hit record level]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-borrowing-bailout-downgrade-486684-Jun2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Moody’s downgraded Spanish debt to within one notch of ‘junk’ status yesterday.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Low rate of lending to Germany has put them in driving seat]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/readme/column-low-rate-of-lending-to-germany-has-put-them-in-driving-seat-466691-May2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The gap between those who can access the markets and those who can’t continues to wide, writes Nick Leeson…]]></summary>
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<author><name>Nick Leeson</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Explainer: What are Eurobonds and why do they matter?]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/explainer-what-are-eurobonds-and-why-do-they-matter-459062-May2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Your quick guide to current proposals for a commmon euro-area bond.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Business Insider</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spanish debt sales cause Euro to weaken ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spanish-debt-sales-cause-euro-to-weaken-420055-Apr2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Spain’s 10 year bond yields have traded above six per cent for a second day as the country prepares for bond auctions on 12- and 18-month bills. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Spanish bond yields pass 6 per cent mark]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/spain-bonds-euro-dollar-currency-exchange-single-currency-418892-Apr2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:73d62f6a-aa89-8d50-e68b-b6eb7d49307e</id>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Concerns build that Spain will follow Greece, Portugal and Ireland in needing a bailout.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Why is the payment of €1.5bn to bondholders not news?]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/readme/column-why-is-the-payment-of-e1-5bn-to-bondholders-not-news-414462-Apr2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[AIB was recapitalised by this country’s citizens after its reckless lending strategy – and one backed by bondholders. Now, writes independent TD Stephen Donnelly, those bondholders continue to make no losses at all.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Stephen Donnelly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Greece nears debt reduction deal with bondholders]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/greece-nears-debt-reduction-deal-with-bondholders-340766-Jan2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A tentative new agreement would see the country’s private debts slashed by around 60 per cent over time.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Associated Press</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Good news for the euro? Italian bond yields fall below 5 per cent]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/good-news-for-the-euro-italian-bond-yields-fall-below-5-per-cent-327190-Jan2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The financially troubled country received a favourable response to its latest bond auction.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The bond markets are now paying Germany to borrow money]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/the-bond-markets-are-now-paying-germany-to-borrow-money-323788-Jan2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Germany this morning issued a new batch of 6-month bills – and demand was so intense that the yield is negative.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[IMF calls on EU to support Ireland]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/imf-calls-on-eu-to-support-ireland-310110-Dec2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:64abe182-3dfc-9171-1eaa-a89a6a6bc293</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/imf-calls-on-eu-to-support-ireland-310110-Dec2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The IMF says Ireland has made “exceptional” efforts to meet its bailout targets – and urged the EU to give more assistance to the country concerning its banking debts. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[‘The situation in the euro area is rapidly deteriorating,’ says OECD]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/the-situation-in-the-euro-area-is-rapidly-deteriorating-says-oecd-291656-Nov2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:34995d32-9c41-ab05-10f9-0bea52514731</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/the-situation-in-the-euro-area-is-rapidly-deteriorating-says-oecd-291656-Nov2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T20:16:46+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Fresh warnings over health of the eurozone as the OECD and Moody’s voice concerns over continuing spread of debt contagion.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Belgium follows Italy, Germany in seeing borrowing costs surge]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/belgium-follows-italy-germany-in-seeing-borrowing-costs-surge-290988-Nov2011/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Belgium successfully raises €450m in a bond auction, but pays its highest yield since 2000 – up by 1.3 per cent from last month.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Italy heads for bailout territory after awful bond auction]]></title>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Italy raises €10bn in two short-term auctions – but sees its interest rates go through the roof, and into unsustainable levels.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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