Amid pressure from petrostates, Donald Trump’s looming US presidency, curtailed activism and continuing implementation difficulties, the progress was better than nothing - but way short of what is required
Momentum on cutting inflation is slowing as wage rises push prices higher in services sector, report says
Cabinet has approved the wind down of the bad bank as house prices surpass pre-crash levels
Kristalina Georgieva’s remarks at Beijing conference come as China export glut tensions rise
Barclays bank has announced it will stop direct financing of new oil and gas fields. It is too much to expect Irish banks to follow suit?
Contrary to the misconception, the State can support enterprise and prioritise social justice. The two are symbiotic
Analysts say pre-election manoeuvring amounts to some of the most overt manipulation of politics by the army in years
Davos: Battle against inflation isn’t yet over, International Monetary Fund official says
A feature likely to continue is countries and economic blocs outbidding one another with large subsidies for investments in areas like chip manufacturing and renewable energy
Mispronouncing a colleague’s name at work can be hazardous - and not just if it’s the boss
Minister reiterates position there is no vacancy at the top and he is focused on current role
Under a longstanding agreement a European gets the IMF managing director job and an American heads the World Bank
The lagged effects of higher interest rates have triggered a slowdown but so far employment and wages are holding up
Keeping borrowing costs elevated for longer than expected would not be ‘unreasonable’, says chief economist
Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris told financial system has ‘failed in its mission to provide a global safety net for developing countries’
Multilateral development banks and the IMF should offer to pool currency risks
GDP does not care about the environment or emissions or water quality
Former US president said US-UK trade deal wouldn’t be priority if UK left EU and so it has come to pass
Greece’s experience over 200 years has underlined it is not only monarchs who have uneasy heads, especially in a globalised world where capital is king
Three years on, British backing idea leaving EU was an error and they were never destined for sunlit uplands
‘We can’t look at those drowned in the sea… without realising that something has gone desperately wrong,’ Michael D Higgins says
Poorest countries threatened by lost decade which would spell catastrophe for world
After the great Irish banking and property crash of 2008, the sinners got three Hail Marys but the innocent had to stay on their knees for five years
Paschal Donohoe defends Government decision to relax pay restrictions for bank executives following banking review
Latest IMF report focuses on cost-of-living crisis and China’s slowdown. But what can and should be done?
Victory will be costly, but the EU has to free itself from Russia’s chokehold
Investors are worried about the fraught political situation and Russian gas dependence
Armed troops raided protest camp outside president’s office attacking demonstrators with batons on Friday
Protesters see Wickremesinghe as an ally of ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Former prime minister Wickremesinghe became acting president after predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled country after mass protests amid economic collapse
Protesters who stormed president’s official residence, his office and prime minister’s official residence on Saturday spent night there, saying they will stay until leaders officially resign
Day of demonstrations also saw protesters set fire to prime minister’s home after he had agreed to step down
Less of the wage-price spiral doom-mongering. Employers can't hold off on pay rises with inflation above 8% and, as the IMF says, they could always accept lower profits
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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