Events

30Jan2015

Balance Sheet Recovery

When 30 January 2015 9:15 AM

Conference: Balance Sheet Recovery of Households and Firms

The Central Bank of Ireland hosted a conference focusing on balance sheet recovery of households and firms on the 30th of January 2015. The aim of the Conference was to highlight the work undertaken within the Bank in this area. In addition, the Conference featured experts from outside the Bank. The Conference programme is available below.

 9:15 - 9:30  Registration and coffee
 9:30 - 9:45

 Opening Remarks by Governor, Patrick Honohan

 

  9.45 - 11:00    

 

Session 1:  Mortgages and modifications

 

Paper 1:

 

Irish mortgage market; recent trends

   

Conor O’Toole Central Bank of Ireland

Presentation

 

Paper 2:

Mortgage modifications and mortgage performance  

   

Christian Danne and Anne McGuinness, Central Bank of Ireland

Presentation

 

 11:00 - 11:15

 

Coffee

 

 11:15 - 12:30

 

Session 2:  Household financing

 

Paper 1:

Irish households during the crisis: insights from a survey of mortgage holders 

 

 Yvonne McCarthy, Central Bank of Ireland

Presentation

 

Paper 2:

Mortgage default: are first-time buyers different? 
 

 Conor O’Toole, Robert Kelly and Terry O’Malley,  Central Bank of Ireland

Presentation          Paper

 12:30 - 13:30  Lunch

 

 13:30 - 15:15

 

Session 3:  Small and medium enterprises  

 Paper 1:

SME market overview  

 

 James Carroll, Central Bank of Ireland 

Presentation          Report

 

Paper 2:

Property debt overhang: the case  of Irish SMEs  

 

 Fergal McCann and Tara McIndoe-Calder, Central Bank of Ireland

Presentation          Paper

 

Paper 3:

 

Debt overhang and firm performance  

   

Martina lawless and Conor O’Toole, Economic & Social Research Institute and Central Bank of Ireland

Presentation          Paper

 15:15 - 15:45  Coffee

 

15:45 - 17:00

 

Session 4: key-note address

   

Balance sheet repair: cross-country lessons

 

 Stijn Claessens, International Monetary Fund

Presentation

Programme | pdf 185 KB