Another interest rate hike this week could add more than €600 in annual repayments for those on a tracker mortgage

Those with mortgages most exposed to interest rate changes could see repayments jump between 41% and 50% by the end of the year compared to June 2022, Central Bank research shows

The European Central Bank is set to deliver three quarter-point increases in interest rates in May, June, and July before ending the most aggressive bout of monetary tightening in its history, economists polled by Bloomberg say.

The ECB has raised rates by a combined 3.5% since July but did not provide specific guidance for its May 4 meeting

The stresses that have emerged in parts of the global banking system recently could have a bigger impact on the US economy than elsewhere

With core inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, at 5.7%, further interest rate rises could be on the way

Rising interest rates will have a major impact on affordability of homes, with mortgages now costing hundreds of euro more a month than last year, say experts

Even without further official rate increases, which are expected, banks are tipped to increase their fixed-rate mortgages this year

Leading economist Austin Hughes has said the ECB "should decouple" from the US central bank over interest rates

Amid the current turmoil, Ireland's banks ought to do more to win our loyalty — for instance by offering fairer rates to savers

As Warren Buffett once said, it is only when the tide goes out that you learn who has been swimming naked

Irish banks' stocks caught up in the global banking turmoil as ECB moves to reassure markets that eurozone lenders are safe

Three European Central Bank policymakers have restated the case for the ECB to raise interest rates further

Taoiseach says mortgage rate hikes should be matched by similar rise in rate of interest for deposits

The banking contagion which has spread from the US to Europe was caused by the huge increases in official interest rates

Shares in Irish banks fell sharply in line with other countries

European Central Bank is expected to issue a 'prolonged series' of interest rate increases in its attempt to dampen inflation

European Central Bank is expected to hike its key lending rate by 50 basis points, or half a percentage point, next week

Ignazio Visco rebuked his European Central Bank colleagues for breaking ranks to comment about potential interest rate hikes

The Eurostat figures show eurozone industrial producer prices fell by 2.8% in the month, with prices in Ireland tumbling by over 25%

Analysts also warn of the chunky and apparently broad-based rise in core inflation, from 5.3% in January to a record high of 5.6%

Financial markets extended their bets and predicted the ECB would only stop hiking its official rates at a peak of 4% early next year

Banks indicating policy will need to be kept tight for a long time to return inflation to target

Ireland's 'mood music' is lighter but households are still under pressure as 71% of firms pass cost increases on to customers 

Figures show headline annual rate of inflation at 8.6% in January, down from 9.2% in December, but underlying rate hit new high

'Resilience of employment growth will aggravate the ECB’s worries about second round effects on inflation and reinforce the push for an extension of the hiking cycle beyond March' economist says

Speaking to the Irish Examiner’s ‘Let Me Tell You’ podcast, former Labour Party leader and Minister for Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin has revealed for the first time just how close Ireland came to scrapping the euro and reprinting the punt.

A half-point interest rate rise on Thursday will add €70 a month to the cost of a tracker mortgage loan of €300,000

Germany's 10-year government bond yield, the eurozone's benchmark, rose four basis points to 2.2%

This week alone has brought several surprises for euro traders.

Ireland now has the third cheapest mortgage rates in the Eurozone.

ECB officials say monetary policy must be tightened further to tackle underlying price growth

Eurostat said the unemployment rate in the 20 countries now sharing the euro in November 2022 was 6.5% of the workforce

European Central Bank has been hiking rates since July and is working to steer price growth towards its 2% target

There is much happening in Ireland and around the world this year to look forward to and commemorate, or both 

Bank of Ireland shares have now soared by over 70% this year, to value the lender at over €8.85bn

Latest increase means households paying €415 more a month, or almost €5,000 a year, since ECB started hiking rates in July

Documents show the rate hikes meant the timing was right for the state to sell more of its share in AIB

Comments from ECB officials that inflation was probably close to its peak have bolstered expectations that the central bank is likely to slow its pace of interest-rate increases to half a point

The price for Brent crude tumbled $1.20 to $78.15 a barrel, after earlier hitting its lowest level in over 11 months

ECB president Christine Lagarde had told the European Parliament that “it would surprise me” if price growth has peaked.

Bitcoin is being artificially propped up and should not be legitimised by regulators or financial companies as it is more akin to gambling, the European Central Bank has said.

Central bank will raise interest rates again to fight inflation but those increases may well be smaller than recent ones, the bank's chief economist Philip Lane has said

In just two years, first-time buyer monthly payments are up over €100, around €46,000 extra in the lifetime of a 35-year mortgage