Thursday, June 25, 2009

Main Points from IMF Report on Ireland

IMF: main points

- The economy will contract by about 13.5 per cent from 2008 until the end of next year.

- Unemployment will reach 15.5 per cent in 2010.

- Bank losses could rise to €35 billion by the end of 2010.

- Bank nationalisation could become necessary but not as an alternative to Nama.

- Further cuts in the public service wage bill likely to be inevitable. A review of public service employment is needed.

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