Banks will have to make loss provisions in their 2014 financial accounts if they fail to meet mortgage arrears targets set down by the Central Bank.

The Central Bank has cut its economic growth forecasts.

The Central Bank still has to appoint a head of the financial stability division three years after the previous head left the post.

The Government could be looking at €16bn in fresh losses through its stakes in the banking system and Nama, according to the IMF.

The Central Bank has downgraded growth forecasts for this year on the back of a more pessimistic outlook for exports.

A eurozone risk-sharing fund, combined with a credible resolution regime, is needed to break the link between member states and their banking systems, according to Central Bank chief economist Lars Frisell.

The Taoiseach has said he is not happy with how long it is taking banks to deal with the mortgage arrears crisis.

Ireland has to date managed the austerity process better than most other countries, but the continued success of the adjustment process depends on maintaining social cohesion and a sense of fairness, according to the Central Bank’s chief economist, Lars Frisell.

Ireland risks a lost decade if it fails to shift its credit supply to new viable enterprises, the Central Bank’s chief economist Lars Frisell has warned.

Wage levels are still too high in Ireland across the public and private sectors relative to competitor countries, according to the Central Bank’s latest quarterly review of the Irish economy.

Lars Frisell thought it would be easy to find an apartment to rent in Dublin, the epicentre of western Europe’s biggest real estate crash, after he moved from Sweden to become chief economist at Ireland’s central bank.