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Watch our video to learn the key features of a Forward Contract and how it will help provide you with greater certainty on profit margins 

In our first podcast of 2021, Paul Ward, AIB Treasury and Oliver Mangan, AIB’s Chief Economist discuss what the EU/UK trade deal really means on the ground for businesses and services, how sterling is reacting to the combined impacts of Brexit and another Covid lockdown and US employment data due for release on Friday. 

Despite a very severe recession hitting the Irish economy in 2020, the residential property market has held up remarkably well this year....

The big picture in regard to the dollar is that it appreciated very sharply over the period 2014 to 2016 and has remained at an elevated level since then....

The final US Federal Reserve policy setting meeting for 2020 concluded last night in line with expectations. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept the fed funds rate in its target range of 0.00-0.25%....

In this week’s episode, Cormac Cunnane, AIB Treasury and Oliver Mangan, AIB’s Chief Economist discuss the US presidential election and the possible impact it will have on financial markets, the two Central Bank meetings on Thursday and they discuss the likelihood of a Brexit deal before Christmas.