This article compares the financial balance sheet of Irish households with those of fifteen other European countries.

The impact of the changing economic environment on Irish households has been significant, with net worth falling 30 per cent since 2006. This article uses Quarterly Financial Accounts data to investigate how they have adjusted to the vastly different economic climate with which they are now...

This article is about the loss in wealth precipitated by the latest financial crisis and economic recession has been substantial.

The financial crisis has convincingly demonstrated the risks a large financial sector poses to society’s well-being. An informed debate on financial regulation after the crisis should, therefore, evaluate the sector’s contribution to economic activity. This requires an accurate measurement...

This paper compares the impact of the financial crisis on Irish households with 23 other European countries.

Based on debt-to-GDP ratio which is the most cited measure of non-financial corporation (NFC) debt, Ireland has one of the most indebted NFC sectors in Europe. This article examines the specific characteristics of the Irish economy to analyse elevated debt levels of NFCs relative to GDP and...

Throughout 2015 and 2016, the Quarterly Financial Accounts of Ireland (QFA) will be expanded to reflect enhanced user requirements, the changing economic environment and the implementation of the latest European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA 2010) manual. The enhancements to the...

This paper focuses on Government interventions in the banking sector in the case of Ireland and the substantial impact on Irish debt and deficit.

The ease with which debt can be run up on credit cards makes trends in credit card borrowing of particular interest.

Strong credit growth since the mid-1990s has resulted in a near doubling of Ireland’s private-sector credit to Gross Domestic Product ratio.