Irish Sovereign Green Bonds Update
Household balance sheets: debt levels much lower coming
into pandemic + new Covid savings
Gross HH saving rates jumped 2020 on back
of forced savings - IE larger than most
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Legacy of 2008-12 financial crisis is on the
Government balance sheet
400%
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% of Disposable Income (4Q MA)
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0
2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Ireland
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UK
350%
300%
250%
200%
150%
100%
50%
0%
Public and Private Private debt (% of Public debt (% of
debt (% of GNI*)
GNI*)
GNI*)
2003 2008 2013
2020e
Gníomhaireacht Bainistíochta an Chisteáin Náisiúnta
National Treasury Management Agency
Source: Eurostat, ONS, CSO; CBI,
Note: Gross Savings as calculated by the CSO has tended to be a volatile series in the past, some
caution is warranted when interpreting this data
Note: Private debt includes household and Irish-resident enterprises (ex. financial intermediation)
CBI quarterly financial accounts data used for household and CSO data for nominal government
liabilities.
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