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A credit card can be a high-interest burden or a free loan - it all depends on how you use it

Making your credit card work for you

Business / 24 Feb

Fitch has downgraded its outlook on Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA

Flirting with default, Venezuela vows debt payment

Business / 15 Nov 17

Officials at the Department of Finance appeared before the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee

PAC told there is 'nothing in rainy day fund yet'

Ireland / 06 Jul 17

Tullow Oil's debt goes down as its gross profits are expected to rise

Tullow pays down debt, raises profit in H1

Business / 28 Jun 17

Banks held €6.8 billion more household deposits than loans at the end of November

Households continue to be net funders of banking

Business / 30 Dec 16

According to daily La Repubblica, Monte dei Paschi will issue the debt in the form of bonds and commercial paper

Monte dei Paschi to issue €15bn of debt in 2017

Business / 30 Dec 16

ISI received 899 new applications for debt relief in the three months from July to September

Applications for debt relief soar by 102% in Q3

Business / 17 Oct 16

A lower debt-to-GDP ratio would allow future governments to borrow in the event of a shock, according to Michael Noonan

New debt-to-GDP target of 45% announced

Budget 2017 / 11 Oct 16

The NTMA has already raised €6.5 billion out of a guided range of €6-10 billion of debt to fund the state into 2017

NTMA to hold two more bond auctions this year

Business / 03 Oct 16

The debt was raised through a securitisation of residential mortgage backed securities

PTSB raises €500m of five-year debt at 0.25%

Business / 28 Sep 16

The Governor would like to see long-term budgetary targets that can "act as an anchor" for the annual budget decisions

Analysis: The Governor writes...

Business / 06 Sep 16

The average amount of household debt per person in Ireland is now €31,216

Irish households fourth most indebted in EU

Business / 18 Aug 16

The NTMA's annual report showed Ireland's interest bill on its debt fell below €7 billion in 2015 helped by early repayments on an IMF loan

NTMA issues warning in wake of Brexit vote

Business / 14 Jul 16

The headline General Government Deficit last year fell to 2.3% of GDP from 3.8% in 2014

Government deficit falls to 2.3% of GDP in 2015

Business / 20 Apr 16

The NTMA has raised almost €5 billion out of a guided range of €6-10 billion of debt to finance the state in 2017

NTMA sells €750m of 10-year bonds at 0.817%

Business / 14 Apr 16

The ratings agency says commercial borrowing by the 131 countries it rates will drop to $6.7 trillion this year

Global debt to rise by almost $1 trillion in 2016

Business / 01 Mar 16

Richard Bruton says the Government has prepared risk plans for the future to insure the current recovery is maintained

Government has prepared risk plans for future

Business / 27 Jan 16

The NTMA plans to issue €6-10 billion worth of long-term debt this year

NTMA sells 10-year bond in strong start to 2016

Business / 08 Jan 16

The Central Bank says the outlook for the global economy has weakened since its last review in June

Irish outlook improving - Central Bank

Business / 08 Dec 15

President Michael D Higgins gave the keynote address at the opening of the conference

Huge social cost over sovereign debt - President

News / 23 Nov 15

Shares in AIB slump again today after a 20% drop yesterday

AIB shares slump on capital reorganisation plan

Business / 18 Nov 15

This year's deficit is set to be lower than had been forecast

Deficit to fall to 1.2% of GDP next year

Budget 2018 / 13 Oct 15

The figures show that falling Government expenditure and an increase in revenues contributed to the fall

Government deficit falls for first half of 2015

Business / 12 Oct 15

ECB said 'diverging national rules on the status of senior unsecured bank debt create uncertainty'

ECB calls for common approach on debt write-offs

Business / 08 Sep 15

Alexis Tsipras has rushed his government into finalising the terms of the €85bn bailout

Greek PM 'confident' of third debt deal

News / 12 Aug 15

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