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Ireland: Still growing fast but cyclical risks ahead 2018 sees lower unemployment, modest wage increases and another primary surplus October 2018 Index Page 3: Summary Page 8: Macro Page 24: Fiscal & NTMA funding Page 43: Brexit Page


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Ireland: Still growing fast but cyclical risks ahead

2018 sees lower unemployment, modest wage increases and another primary surplus October 2018

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Index

Page 3: Summary Page 8: Macro Page 24: Fiscal & NTMA funding Page 43: Brexit Page 49: Long-term fundamentals Page 61: Property Page 68: Other Data Page 80: Annex (GDP distortions explainer)

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Growth continues and debt dynamics improving debt sustainability

Summary

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Macro picture is positive: Averaging five per cent growth in 2014-17; little sign of inflation

Dramatic drop in unemployment rate Inflation still low – partly thanks to Brexit True growth healthy, but slowing?

* Underlying series is modified final domestic demand

  • 15%
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0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 GDP Underlying* 16.0 5.4 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 1999 2002 2005 2008 20112014 2017

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  • 1

1 2 3 4 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 HICP Ireland HICP Euro Area

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A hat-trick of primary surplus, improving debt dynamics and reduced financing needs

Ireland is improving its debt dynamics by the month Debt-to-GNI* (105% 2018f, from 166%) Debt-to-GG Revenue (255% 2018f, from 353%) Average interest rate (2.6% 2018f, from 5.1%) Debt-to-GDP^ (64% 2018f, from 120%) NTMA has reduced near- term issuance needs (€bns) Five years of primary surplus (€bn)

5 10 15 20 25 30 2018 2019 2020 2021 Recent Reductions Debt Prefunded in Cash Debt End 2013 Debt Profile

^ due to GDP distortions, Debt to GDP is not representative for Ireland, we suggest using other measures listed.

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  • 15
  • 10
  • 5

5 10 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019f GG Balance Primary Balance

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Main risks are external and outside Ireland’s control

Late Cycle

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Funding environment still favourable for Ireland in 2018 - €16.5bn issued already at long maturity

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Ignore GDP/GNP. Other metrics show Ireland is growing and closer to full employment

Section 1: Macro

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100 200 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Thousands Non-Construction Employment Construction Employment Total Employment vs 2008 peak 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

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Labour market shows growth story most clearly – 390,000 net new jobs in last six years

Unemployment rate: 5.4% in September 2018 Total employment back above previous peak as 100K non-construction jobs added on net

Unemployment approaches 2002- 06 average

Source: CSO

2.2m people employed

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  • 10.0%
  • 8.0%
  • 6.0%
  • 4.0%
  • 2.0%

0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 High Skill Other Employment Growth

Employment growth has been driven by high skilled jobs in recent years Substantial full-time employment growth

Employment growth driven by high skill job creation; Full- time employment expanded by over 4% in H1 2018

Source: Eurostat; CSO High Skill jobs include the ISCO08 defined groupings Managers, Professionals, Technicians and associate professionals

New labour survey method caused unusual reading

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  • 5%

0% 5% 10% 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Full-time Emp (Y-o-Y) Employment (Y-o-Y)

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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-59 60-64 65+ 2007Q3 Peak 2018Q2 58% 59% 60% 61% 62% 63% 64% 65% 66% 67% 68% 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

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Participation rate hovering around 62%

  • Part. rate down as construction jobs lost and

younger people stay in education longer

Labour participation has not yet recovered – young reaching labour force later

Source: CSO

Rate inflated pre-crisis by migrant construction workers

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Wage growth a driver for increase in compensation of employees… … however disparities remain across sectors regarding wage growth

Wages growth evident in 2018 but growth uneven across sectors

Source: CSO

  • 10%
  • 8%
  • 6%
  • 4%
  • 2%

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Hours worked Hourly wage Employment COE growth (y-o-y) 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% IT Prof, science & technical Fin, Insurance & RE Education Accom & Food Total Economy Industry Construction Admin & Support Wholesale/Retail Health Arts & Rec Public admin Transport/Storage 4Q average hourly earnings y-o-y 2018 Q2 average annual earnings (€000, RHS)

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Unemployment rates (%) falling across Europe; falling faster here Unemployment (%) close to lows in Ireland’s main trading partners

Ireland’s labour market is edging closer to full employment - US and UK likely already there

Source: Eurostat, 15-74 age basis; DataStream 20 year average = 1998 Q3 to 2018 Q2

2012 2016 2017 18Q2 Ge Germany 5.4 4.2 3.8 3.4 Neth Netherlands 5.8 6.0 4.9 3.9 Aus ustria ia 4.9 6.0 5.5 4.7 Lux Luxembourg 5.1 6.3 5.6 5.2 Slov lovenia ia 8.9 8.0 6.6 5.6 Ireland nd 15 15.5 8. 8.4 6. 6.7 5. 5.9 Belg lgiu ium 7.6 7.9 7.1 6.0 Sw Sweden 8.0 6.9 6.7 6.2 EU EU 28 28 10.5 8.6 7.6 6.9 Por

  • rtugal

15.8 11.2 9.0 7.0 Eur Euro Area 11.4 10.0 9.1 8.3 France 9.8 10.1 9.4 9.1 Ital aly 10.7 11.7 11.3 10.8 Spain pain 24.8 19.6 17.2 15.4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 US UK Ireland Euro Area Current U rate U Rate (20 yr average) Lowest U Rate in 20 yrs

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External environment less helpful for Ireland

2015 2016 2017 2018/19 EA Monetary Policy Accommodative Accommodative Accommodative Less accommodative US Monetary Policy Accommodative Accommodative Accommodative but tightening Further tightening: curve inversion? US growth Stimulative Less stimulative Stimulative Stimulative in 2018; fiscal drag in 2019 Oil price Falling Falling Rising Rising UK growth Stimulative Less favourable; Brexit impact Growth slowing Brexit crunch Euro currency Very Helpful Helpful Headwind Neutral

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GNI* was €181bn in 2017; 9.4% higher than in 2007 (current prices) GNI* growth rate averaged 7.5% 2013-2017 (current prices)

GDP distortions mean we need to look to other metrics; Irish recovery evident when looking at GNI*

Source: CSO Note: See annex for discussion on the GDP distortions from 2015 onwards

  • 20%
  • 10%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 GDP Growth GNI* Growth 50 100 150 200 250 300 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 GDP GNI* GNI* is 62% of GDP

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  • 20%
  • 15%
  • 10%
  • 5%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Modified Dom. Demand (Real) Modified Dom. Demand (Nominal)

MDD still growing strongly in 2018 Ireland’s PMIs are expanding but down from heights of 2016

Modified Domestic Demand (MDD) – a reflection of the home economy - is best cyclical indicator

Source: CSO; Markit, Bloomberg, Investec Note MDD measure used here private consumption, government consumption, building investment, elements of machinery & equipment investment, elements of intangible asset investment, value of physical changes in stock. See annex for more detail.

40 45 50 55 60 65 70 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Services Manufacturing Composite

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Oil price shock boosted GDP by close to 1.5% in 2015 Ireland is a price taker for energy - 0.6% of GNI* cost increase in last 24 months

Oil price collapse helped supercharge the economy in 2015; but steady recovery of Brent is a headwind

Source: CEPR: Oil and the Euro Area Economy *impact over 1 year. Oil price shock in 2015 was c.50% implies 1 year impact close to 1.5%. Source: DataStream, CSO

Euro area France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Portugal Spain

  • 0.2

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2

  • 1.5
  • 1
  • 0.5

0.5 Impact on CPI of 50% rise in oil prices* Impact on GDP of 50% rise in oil prices* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Brent Oil €/Barrel Mineral Fuels Imports (12m rolling, €bns)

significant drop in import cost in 2015/16 reversing in 2017/18

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  • 40%
  • 30%
  • 20%
  • 10%

0% 10% 20% 30% 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Building Investment Modified Investment

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  • 10
  • 5

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Credit advanced to Business (y-o-y) Lending for house purchase (y-o-y)

Lending for house purchase only edging into positive territory recently House building catch-up will boost the economy in 2018

Recovery has not been driven by credit so far

Economic growth 2013-18

Source: CBI; CSO Note: Credit to business series excludes financial intermediation and property related credit Note Modified investment excludes impact of imports of intangible and aircraft leasing assets

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Exports outside MNC-dominated sectors have slowed Ireland’s exports are dominated by two main sectors (2018 data)

Export growth has slowed in recent quarters

  • 20%
  • 10%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Exports Chemical Products and Computer Services Exports ex. Chem & Comp

Source: CSO Note: Nominal values used. Excludes contract manufacturing

All other exports, €68bn, 45% Chemical products, €43bn, 29% Computer Services, €39bn, 26%

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Consumer spending growth is driven by rising incomes rather than recourse to debt

Private consumption grew at 3.3% y-o-y in Q2 2018 Services consumption driving recent consumption growth

Source: CSO; Eurostat

45 55 65 75 85 95 105

  • 6.0%
  • 3.0%

0.0% 3.0% 6.0% 9.0% 12.0% 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 Consumption Growth (4Q Y-o-Y) Consumption (€bns, RHS)

  • 6.0%
  • 3.0%

0.0% 3.0% 6.0% 9.0% 12.0% 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 Services Durables Non-Durables Consumption

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Household debt ratio has decreased due to deleveraging and increasing incomes

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10 20 30 40 50 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Change in ratio due to Income (RHS) Change in ratio due to Debt (RHS) Debt-to-Disposable Income (LHS) 0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250% Household Debt (% of Disposable income)

Debt to after-tax income* improving (137%) but among highest in Europe

Private debt levels are high but improving

Source: Eurostat (Q1 2018) Source: CBI *Measure excludes “other liabilities” from household debt.

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Gross household saving rate lower than peak but healthy 8-10% Interest burden down to only 4% of disposable income from peak of 11%

Saving rate lower in recent years, facilitating consumption and slower pace of deleveraging

Source: Eurostat, ONS, CSO ; CBI, Eurostat NTMA calculations 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

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 % of f di disp sposable le Inc ncome Ireland EA-19 Germany Spain Italy Netherlands 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 % of Disposable Income (4Q MA) Ireland EU-28 EA-19 UK

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Inflation (%) in Ireland lower than EA due mostly to sterling weakness post-Brexit vote

y = -0.7422x + 0.0966 R² = 0.79

  • 4.0%
  • 2.0%

0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 2.0% 5.0% 8.0% 11.0% 14.0% 17.0% Nominal wage growth per head Unemployment Rate

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  • 3
  • 2
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1 2 3 4 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 HICP Ireland HICP Euro Area "Core" Ireland "Core" EA

Wage growth a natural consequence of improving labour conditions (1999-2021)

Despite being late cycle, inflation is low; Ireland’s Phillips Curve may be “kinked”

Source: CSO, NTMA analysis *red dots are Budget 2019 forecasts (2018-2020); Non-Agriculture employment /wage data Source: CSO, Eurostat

2018 Brexit Vote

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Ireland is well funded while the Government deficit has nearly closed

Section 2: Fiscal & NTMA funding

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General Government Balance (excl. banking interventions) Surplus forecast in euro terms in 2020 (€bn)

Ireland has beaten EU targets for seven straight years

Source: CSO; Department of Finance

  • 9.1%
  • 8.3%
  • 6.4%
  • 3.6%
  • 1.2%
  • 0.5% -0.2%
  • 0.1%
  • 12.2%
  • 11.4%
  • 8.4%
  • 4.8%
  • 2.0%
  • 0.8% -0.4% -0.2%
  • 14%
  • 12%
  • 10%
  • 8%
  • 6%
  • 4%
  • 2%

0% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018f GGB (% of GDP) GGB (% of GNI*)

  • 10

20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019f GG Expenditure (ex-banking recap) GG Revenue

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In recent years Ireland has run primary surpluses that reduced debt ratios 2017 GGB Deficit/Surplus (% of GDP); Ireland middle of the pack in Europe

Ireland has improved its debt dynamics: next step is to follow others and run GGB surplus

Source: CSO; NTMA calculation Note: Debt Stabilising primary balance is the primary balance it is necessary to run in a year to keep the debt-to-GNI* ratio from rising given the average interest rate and growth in that year.

  • 0.4%
  • 4
  • 2

2 4 Spain Portugal Romania France Italy Hungary UK Poland EU 28 Belgium Slovakia Austria Finland Latvia Ireland (GNI*) Estonia Slovenia Lithuania Croatia Greece Bulgaria Denmark Netherlands Germany Sweden Luxembourg Czech Rep Cyprus Malta

IE: €700m deficit in 2017

  • 30%
  • 25%
  • 20%
  • 15%
  • 10%
  • 5%

0% 5% 10% 15% Primary Balance (% of GNI*) Debt Stabilising PB (% of GNI*)

~-40%

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166% 105% 120% 64% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140% 160% 180% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019f Debt-to-GNI* Debt-to-GDP

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Gross Government debt forecasted to be 64% of GDP at end-2018; 105% of GNI*; reality somewhere in between

Debt-to-GNI* ratio is high but has declined quickly 37% 66% 79% 87% 90% 86% 66% 64% 59% 55% 25% 20% 32% 33% 30% 18% 11% 9% 9% 9% 62% 86% 111% 120% 120% 104% 77% 73% 68% 64% 61% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140% Net Debt/GDP Cash Balances/EDP assets GG Debt/GDP

Source: CSO; Department of Finance

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Alternative debt service metrics must also be used for Ireland e.g. General Government debt to GG Revenue

Source: Eurostat, CSO; Department of Finance

0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250% 300% 350% 400% 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018F 2020F Ireland Spain Italy Belgium EA-19

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It’s best to analyse Irish debt with broad range of metrics

2017 GG debt to GG revenue % GG interest to GG rev % GG debt to GDP % Greece 365.8% 6.5% 178.6% Portugal 292.9% 9.0% 125.7% Italy 282.9% 8.2% 131.8% Ireland 263.0% (255%) 7.6%* (6.5%) 68.0%** (64%) Spain 259.4% 6.8% 98.3% Cyprus 244.1% 8.0% 97.5% UK 220.8% 6.9% 87.7% Belgium 201.5% 4.8% 103.1% EA19 187.7% 4.3% 86.7% EU28 181.8% 4.4% 81.6% France 180.0% 3.3% 97.0% Slovenia 170.8% 5.8% 73.6% Austria 162.1% 3.8% 78.4% Germany 142.0% 2.3% 64.1% Slovakia 129.2% 3.5% 50.9%

Source: Eurostat , IE figures in brackets are 2018 forecast from the Department of Finance *Closer to 6.5% of GG Revenue if you exclude the interest paid to CBI. Other countries would also see their interest % of GG Revenue fall under this treatment but Ireland’s would fall by more given amount held by CBI (FRNs etc.) ** 111% Debt to GNI* ratio

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Snowball Effect (i-g) in Ireland’s favour given lower average interest rate

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  • 15%
  • 10%
  • 5%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% GG Revenue Growth (g) Average Interest Rate (i)

Source: CSO; Department of Finance

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Corporation tax receipts have doubled in four years Income tax base intact - not comparable to narrowing of base pre-crisis

Corporation tax revenue surprising positively but exposed to concentration risk

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018f Income Tax Capital Gains + Stamp Duty Corporation Tax 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 0% 4% 8% 12% 16% 20% Corporation Tax (€bns, RHS) Corporation Tax (% of tax revenue) Corporation Tax (% of GG Revenue) Since 2014 c.40% of CT paid by 10 companies

Source: Department of Finance

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Over 50% of Irish debt stock held by “sticky” sources

Source: CSO, ECB, NTMA Analysis *excludes those held by Eurosystem. Euro system holdings include SMP, PSPP and CBI holdings of

  • FRNs. Figures do not include ANFA holdings which are likely to further increase the Eurosystem’s

holdings. ** Includes IMF, EFSF, EFSM, Bilateral as well as IBRC-related liabilities. Retail includes State Savings and other currency and deposits. The CSO series has been altered to exclude the impact of IBRC on the data.

50 100 150 200 250 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Billions € IGBs* Retail Eurosystem Holdings Other Debt** Total Debt

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Maturity profile – IMF repayment and FRN buy-backs reduced refinancing risk; Green diversifies investor base

Source: NTMA Note: EFSM loans are subject to a 7-year extension that will bring their weighted-average maturity from 12.5 years to 19.5 years. It is not expected that Ireland will refinance any of its EFSM loans before 2027. As such we have placed the pre-2027 EFSM loan maturity dates in the 2027-30 range although these may be subject to change.

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Billions € Bond (Fixed & ILB) Bilateral EFSM EFSF Bond (Floating Rate) Green

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5 10 15 20 25 30 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031-35 2036-40 2041-45 2046-50 2051-53 € Billions Debt Debt Prefunded in Cash Recent Reductions Long-term Extensions End 2013 Debt Profile

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The NTMA improved Ireland’s 2018-2020 maturity profile in recent years

…Ireland (in years) now compares favourably to other EU countries Various operations have extended the maturity of Government debt …

Source: NTMA; ECB *excludes programme loans. Ireland’s maturity including these loans is still similar.

9.9 9.6 9.6 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.4 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.1 2 4 6 8 10 12 AT BG IR DK FR ES NL IT PT BD FN Govt Debt Securities - Weighted Maturity EA Govt Debt Securities - Avg. Weighted Maturity

  • c. €27bn more to

fund in 2019/20

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NTMA issued €55bn MLT debt since 2015; 13.5 yr weighted maturity, avg. rate of 1.1% Interest costs were expected to reach almost €10bn but now are below €5.5bn a year

Funding strategy has lowered the State’s interest burden

Source: NTMA, CSO, Department of Finance Other issuance includes inflation linked bonds, private placement and amortising bonds

2 4 6 8 10 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 GG interest (€bns) SPU 2014 Estimates 2018-2021 Latest Estimates 5Y 8Y 5Y 10Y 10Y 16Y 7Y 30Y 10Y 5Y 20Y 10Y 12Y 15Y 5.5 3.9 2.8 1.5 0.8 0.9 1.1 3 6 9 12 15 18 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 YTD € Billions Other Auction Syndication Weighted Average Yield (LHS)

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The State is funded three to four quarters in advance

  • Our next bond redemption will be

in June 2019 - €8.9bn.

  • On January 3rd, the NTMA issued a new 10

year benchmark bond via syndication. €4bn was raised at a yield of 0.944%.

  • On April 10th, the NTMA issued a new 15

year benchmark bond via syndication. €4bn was raised at a yield of 1.319%.

  • In February/March/May/July/September a

further €5.5bn was raised by auction across four bonds.

  • In October, Ireland issued its first

Sovereign Green Bond through

  • syndication. It raised €3bn on a 12y bond

at 1.399%.

  • Forecast for end-2018 cash is €13.3bn.

Source: NTMA

  • EBR is the Exchequer Borrowing Requirement (DOF estimate)
  • Cash balances excludes non-liquid asset classes such as Housing Finance

Agency (HFA) Guaranteed Notes.

  • Other outflows includes bond buybacks, switches, contingencies and potential

bond purchases.

  • Other funding includes Retail (State Savings).
  • Rounding may occur.

€10.5 Cash €13.3 Cash

EBR €0.6

STP

  • ther

EBR €2.25 Bond €8.9 Long term Paper €17.5 Bonds €15 Other €7.0 €- €4 €8 €12 €16 €20 Y/E 2017 Outflow Funding (€14-18bn) Y/E 2018 2019 Outflow

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If US yield curve inverts, recession is likely to follow – keeping base rates at zero* In euro area, PSPP is ending as tightening cycle starts very slowly

Late cycle risks mixed for Ireland: rates may remain low but end of ECB bond buying may expose credit spread

Source: DataStream *S *Shaded area reas indicate re recessionary periods in the US US

  • 6%
  • 5%
  • 4%
  • 3%
  • 2%
  • 1%

0% 1% 2% 3% 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 US 3m Treasury bill yield minus 10 year bond yield

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 € Billions PSPP IGB purchases (RHS) Cumulative Purchases (LHS)

Re- investment

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Investor base for Government bonds is wide and varied

Investor breakdown: Average over last 5 syndications Country breakdown: Average over last 5 syndications

Source: NTMA

Ireland, 7% UK, 32% 9.2% Cont. Europe, 41% 9.4% 2.4% Ireland UK US and Canada Continental Europe Nordics Other 38% 36% 13% 13% Fund/Asset Manager Banks/Central Banks Pensions/Insurance Other

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Ireland issued 2031 Sovereign Green Bond in October 2018

€3bn

Fin inal or

  • rde

der bo book of

  • f €11.3

.3bn 95% % to

  • no

non-Iri rish sh in investors UK K 23%; %; Germ ermany/Austr tria an and France 19% % ea each; Nor Nordics s 12%; %; Be Benelux 11%

1.3 .399%

2031 maturi rity ty pric riced at t MS+ S+12 bp bps

New demand

Incr ncreased dem demand from the the thr three es establish shed cen centr tres for

  • r

gr green in investment t France 19%, %, the the Ne Neth therl rlands s 9% 9% an and No Nordics s 12% %

Source: NTMA Further details are available at ntma.ie

  • Green Bond Framework aligned with the ICMA Green Bond Principles (see slide 78)
  • 1 in 5 euros in the National Development Plan to be spent on green projects (see slide 79)
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Breakdown of Ireland’s General Government debt

€ Billi llion 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 2017 2017 Currency and deposits (mainly retail debt) 62.1 31.4 20.9 20.7 21.3 21.6 Securities other than shares, exc. financial derivatives 87.3 112.7 119.1 125.8 124.2 130.7

  • Short-term (T-Bills, CP etc)

2.6 2.4 3.8 1.4 2.4 2.9

  • Long-term (MLT bonds)

84.8 110.3 115.3 124.4 121.8 127.8 Loans 60.6 71.3 63.4 55.1 55.2 49.0

  • Short-term

1.9 1.4 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.5

  • Long-term

(official funding and prom notes 2009-12) 58.7 69.9 62.1 54.1 54.6 48.5 General Government Debt 210.0 215.3 203.4 201.6 200.7 201.3 EDP debt instrument assets 57.9 53.9 36.1 29.0 24.9 27.3 Net Government debt 152.1 161.4 167.3 172.6 175.8 174.0

Source: CSO

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Central Bank of Ireland holdings increase domestic share

  • f Irish Government bonds (IGBs) through PSPP

€ Bi Billion End quarter Dec 2014 Dec 2015 Dec 2016 Dec 2017 Q2 Q2 18 18

  • 1. Resident

50.8 50.8 56.1 56.1 58.0 .0 (as % of total) (43.7%) (40.6%) (46.1%) (44.2%) (42.5 .5%) – Credit Institutions and Central Bank* 45.9 46.9 51.1 51.7 53.5 .5 – General Government 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 .4 – Non-bank financial 2.9 2.8 4.3 3.8 3.9 .9 – Households (and NFCs) 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 .1

  • 2. Rest of world

65.5 74.2 65.5 70.9 78.5 .5 (as % of total) (56.3%) (59.4%) (53.9%) (55.8%) (57.5 .5%) Total MLT debt 116.3 125.1 121.6 127.0 136.4 .4

Source: CBI

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Ireland: “A”grade from all major credit rating agencies

Rati ting Agency cy Long-term Sh Short rt-term rm Outl utlook/Trend Da Date of

  • f la

last cha change Standard & Poor's A+ A-1 Stable June 2015 Fitch Ratings A+ F1+ Stable Dec 2017 Moody's A2 P-1 Stable Sept 2017 DBRS A(high) R-1 (middle) Stable March 2016 R&I A a-1 Stable

  • Jan. 2017

Source: Bloomberg

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Softer Brexit would limit the impact on Ireland but no deal remains a possibility

Section 3: Brexit

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Brexit path still shrouded in mist

Oct 18 Dec 18 July 18 Jan/Feb 2019 Q1 2019 29 Mar 2019 2019/20 Mid 2020s

Softer Brexit “Hard” Brexit

Failure to agree at key points could lead to no deal scenario

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Whether “hard” or “soft” Brexit materialises, trade is likely to be negatively impacted

Irish rish/U /UK tr trad ade li link nkages s will ill suf uffer r fol

  • llowing Br

Brexit

  • The UK is the second largest single-country

export destination for Ireland’s goods and the largest for its services

  • At the same time, Ireland imports 20-25%
  • f its goods from the UK. Consumer goods,

capital equipment and inputs into the export process will become cheaper thanks to FX. The here is is sign ignificant em employment t rela elated to Ireland’s trade with the UK

  • The UK might only account for 14-15% of

Ireland’s total exports, but Ireland is more dependent than that, when you consider the employment related to those exports SM SMEs Es ac account for

  • r over

r 55% % of

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  • UK.

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Source: CSO 2016/2017 * UK data includes Northern Ireland NTMA calculations; Data does not include contract manufacturing

Good

  • ods (20

2017) Servic ices (20 2016) Tot

  • tal (20

2016) Exp. Imp. Exp. Imp. Exp. Imp. US 27.1 20.5 10.5 21.7 17.6 20.9 UK* 13.4 23.6 16.0 6.4 14.4 11.0 NI 1.6 1.6 n/a n/a n/a n/a EU-27 36.5 31.3 33.4 23.6 35.4 27.2 China 4.1 5.7 2.7 0.2 2.9 1.8 Other 18.8 18.9 37.4 48.2 29.7 39.2

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UK is 13-14% of goods exports but very important partner in many small sectors UK is 16% of services exports but not the majority trading partner in any segment

Breakdown of exports to the UK: important trade partner especially so in smaller sectors (agri-food products)

Meat Dairy

Medicinal and pharmaceutical products

  • 20%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% UK trade % of segment exports UK trade as % of total goods exports Red Box includes many small export sectors that UK is significant % of Computer Services

  • 20%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% UK trade % of segment exports UK trade as % of total services exports

Source: CSO goods 2017 data, services 2016 data The size of bubble relates to the sector’s importance to Ireland’s exports

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Estimated Trade Reductions in “WTO rules Hard Brexit” Scenario

“Hard” Brexit could cost Ireland 4-7% of output

Source: CE, ESRI and Department of Finance analysis

% % of

  • f

exp xports ts los lost t wit ith UK UK % % of

  • f

tot

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exp xports ts los lost % % of

  • f UK

K exp xports ts los lost t with ith EU EU part partner % % of

  • f tot
  • tal

UK K Ex Export rts s los lost Irela eland 30.6 .6 4.2 .2 27.6 .6 1.5 .5 Belgium 35.1 3.1 25.7 1.0 Spain 38.6 2.9 25.6 0.7 Germany 34.1 2.5 19.4 2.0 Denmark 39.8 2.5 24.4 0.2 Portugal 33.0 2.2 27.7 0.1 EU EU Tot

  • tal

30.5 .5 2.1 .1 22.3 .3 9.8 .8 Poland 30.6 2.1 20.8 0.3 NL 22.1 2.0 15.6 0.9 Italy 29.9 1.7 26.9 0.8 France 24.9 1.6 20.9 1.2 Greece 28.4 1.2 27.2 0.1 Estimated GDP impact “WTO rules Hard Brexit” Scenario

  • 8
  • 7
  • 6
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1

% deviations on the level of GDP (relative to baseline) Department of Finance Copenhagen

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  • Ireland could be a beneficiary from displaced FDI.

The chief areas of interest are  Financial services  Business services  IT/ new media.

  • Dublin is primarily competing with Frankfurt,

Paris, Luxembourg and Amsterdam for financial services.

  • Ireland’s FDI opportunity will depend on the
  • utcome of post-exit trade negotiations. The UK

(City of London) is almost certain to lose its EU passporting rights on exit, so there may be more

  • pportunities in time.

FDI: Ireland may benefit Companies that have indicated jobs to be moved to Ireland

Some foreign banks have already announced that they will set up in Dublin after Brexit

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Ireland’s long run future looks bright. Demographics, educated workforce and retaining competitiveness are all key

Section 4: Long term fundamentals

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Ireland’s GNI* per capita hit 2007 levels and compares favourably to EA

Much rebalancing has taken place – Ireland’s structural growth drivers have reasserted

Source: CSO, Eurostat

Gross National Income* at current prices (1995=100)

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 "Celtic Tiger" 1994-2001 Credit/Prop erty Bubble Bubble Burst

Recovery

  • 5,000

10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 Ireland (GNI*) EA 19 (GDP) Germany (GNI)

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0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 1.2% 1.4% 1.6% 1.8% 2.0% <1 yr 5 101520253035404550556065707580859095

Ireland Germany EU28

47% of Ireland’s population aged 34 or below versus 39% for EU % of population in age cohort

Ireland’s population profile healthier than the EU average

Ireland’s population jumped to 4.79m in 2017 – up 200,000 on the 2011 Census Ireland’s population will remain younger than most of its EA counterparts

Source: Eurostat (2017) CSO; OECD population projections

20 40 60 80 World United States China United Kingdom Sweden OECD - Total Belgium Ireland France Finland Germany Greece Italy Portugal Spain Japan 2015 Old Age Dependency Ratio 2045 Old Age Dependency Ratio

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Regional data show Ireland’s mix of young and old among the best in EU Ireland’s Working-Age Population expected to grow in coming years (2018-2028)

Favourable population characteristics underpin debt sustainability over longer term: next 10 years look great

Source: Oxford Economics forecasts

  • 10.0%
  • 5.0%

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% Japan Germany Spain China Euro area EU Belgium France Netherlands Italy Austria Denmark UK US Ireland India

5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 10% 15% 20% 25% % of population > 64 years of age % of population < 15 years of age Other Germany Ireland Spain France Italy

Best position is top right

Source: Eurostat; Regional NUTS2 basis Note: Each dot is a NUTS2 region in the EU. Y-axis is inverted

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  • 100
  • 80
  • 60
  • 40
  • 20

20 40 60 80 Third level Other Education Net Migration 2009-2013 2014-2018

Latest Census data show net migration positive since 2015 – mirroring economy Highly educated migrants moving to Ireland “Reverse Brain Drain”

Openness to immigration has been beneficial to Ireland

Source: CSO

  • 2.0%
  • 1.0%

0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0%

  • 100
  • 50

50 100 150 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Emigration (000s) Immigration (000s) Net Migration (000s) Net Migration (% of Pop, RHS)

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Openness to trade is also central to Irish success – led by services exports; Brexit may hinder export-led growth

Ireland benefits from export diversification by destination Cumulative post-crisis total exports (4Q sum to end-2008 = 100, current prices)

Source: CSO, NTMA calculations , * Contract manufacturing proxy

  • 10
10 30 50 70 90 110 130

90 110 130 150 170 190 210 230 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Contract Manufacturing* Services Goods ex. CM Exports Good

  • ods (20

2017) Servic ices (20 2016) Tot

  • tal (20

2016) Exp. Imp. Exp. Imp. Exp. Imp. US 27.1 20.5 10.5 21.7 17.6 20.9 UK 13.4 23.6 16.0 6.4 14.4 11.0 EU-27 36.5 31.3 33.4 23.6 35.4 27.2 China 4.1 5.7 2.7 0.2 2.9 1.8 Other 18.8 18.9 37.4 48.2 29.7 39.2

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Ireland’s goods exports respond vigorously to euro movements – in both directions

  • A 1% depreciation of the euro increases

Irish goods exports to the US by 1%

  • The equivalent response for exports to the

UK is 1.1% and to the rest of world is 0.8%. Brexit has the opposite effect on Irish exports.

  • The EUR/USD exchange rate has a positive effect

(elasticity of 0.4) on Irish goods exports to the euro area, due to Ireland-based multinational companies’ exports to EA for onward sale to the rest of the world

  • The elasticity of total goods exports

excluding pharma to the exchange rate >1

Source: CSO; NTMA empirical analysis Note: All coefficients significant at 99% level; not affected by contract

  • manufacturing. Time period is 1998 to 2016 Q2. For longer time periods, the

UK elasticity is smaller (closer to 0.4-0.5 for 1981 onwards).

Response (% chg.) of Irish goods exports to 1% depreciation of the euro

1.00 1.11 0.41 0.83 1.08 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 US UK EA ROW EXP EXL PHA

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Average FDI inflow in $ per capita, 2012–17

Crucially, openness to overseas capital has played a big part in Ireland’s economic development

Source: Unctad (UN) database, Eurostat Note: Luxembourg excluded for presentation purposes – average $39,800 per capita over period. Note 2: High tech = High-technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive high-technology services

Ireland has attracted high-quality jobs

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% % of employment in High Tech Sectors (10Y Average) 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 Hungary Slovakia Lithuania Romania Denmark Greece Germany Poland Austria Latvia Italy Croatia Slovenia Estonia Portugal France Spain Sweden UK Finland Belgium Cyprus NL Ireland Malta

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All this leads to mixture of highly productive and labour intensive sectors in Ireland

Source: CSO , NTMA calculations, 2017 data

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 GVA (€bns) Employment (% of Total, RHS) HP LI Labour Intensive Highly Productive Labour Intensive HP LI

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90 95 100 105 110 115 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

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Nominal Labour Cost Ratio – IE vs Euro Area Unemployment back towards 1999-2007 level, but wage growth less than half

Ireland is pretty competitive now; we need to avoid repeat

  • f the mid-2000s

0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% Unemployment

  • Comp. of Emp. per

employee growth Annual Averages (1999-2007) 2018f

Ireland competitive versus euro area

Source: CSO, Eurostat, NTMA calculations Source: Eurostat, NTMA analysis *Ratio = IE Nom. Labour Costs/ EA Nom. Labour Costs

Sept 2018 5.4%

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Selected Countries Global Rank Index Score (0-100)

Sweden 1 85.6 Denmark 2 84.2 Finland 3 84.0 Norway 4 83.9 Czech Republic 5 81.9 Germany 6 81.7 France 10 80.3 Belgium 12 80.0 United Kingdom 16 78.3 Ireland 19 77.9 Spain 25 76.8 Portugal 28 75.6 Italy 30 75.5 Luxembourg 33 75.0 Greece 38 72.9 United States 42 72.4

Ireland’s strong fundamentals highlighted by performance

  • n United Nations sustainability index

Source: United Nations SDG project

Ireland Global rank Vs. Regional Average

Subjective Wellbeing (2016) 13/133 Environmental Performance Index (2016) 19/155 Human Development Index (2016) 8/157 Global Competitiveness Index (2016/17) 21/134 Global Peace Index (2016) 12/149

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UN Goal – Peace, Justice and Strong institutions Ireland Actual Figure Ireland Normalised (world leader = 100) OECD Average

Overall

  • 87.5

75.8 Corruption Perception Index (0-100) 73.0 79.4 73.5 Government Efficiency (1-7) 4.8 74.8 52.8 Homicides (per 100,000 people) 1.1 97.8 96.1 Prison population (per 100,000 people) 80.0 87.8 74.6 Property Rights (1-7) 6.1 94.8 73.1 Population who feel safe walking alone at night (%) 75.0 73.7 67.4

Ireland is close to OECD norms on social issues Ireland scores well on metrics such as property rights and government efficiency

Ireland’s performs well versus peers in particular on governance metrics

Source: United Nations SDG project

50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 Gender Equality Decent work and economic growth Reduced Inequalities Sustainable Cities and Communities Ireland (World leader = 100) OECD Average

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Property prices are rising thanks to lack

  • f supply and capital inflows

Section 5: Property

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Housing supply still below demand but slowly catching up

New dwellings* make up 75% of housing completions: some debate abut the rest Housing Completions above 19,000 in 2017 but still low historically (000s)

* Housing completions derived from electrical grid connection data for a property. Reconnections

  • f old houses or connections from “ghost estates” overstate the annual run rate of new building.

Source: DoHPCLG, CSO

  • 10

20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1970 1978 1986 1994 2002 2010 Nationally Dublin

  • ex. Dublin

6,994 4,911 4,575 5,518 7,219 9,915 14,446

  • 2,000

4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 New dwelling completion Unfinished Reconnection Non-Domestic All connections

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Demand has picked up since 2015; Credit slowly increasing as cash buyers become less important

Mortgage drawdowns rise from deep trough (000s) Non-mortgage transactions still important but falling towards 40% of total

Source: BPFI; Residential Property Price Register Source: BPFI *4 quarter sum used

20 40 60 80 100 120 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Residential Investment Letting Mover purchaser First Time Buyers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Q4 2010 Q2 2011 Q4 2011 Q2 2012 Q4 2012 Q2 2013 Q4 2013 Q2 2014 Q4 2014 Q2 2015 Q4 2015 Q2 2016 Q4 2016 Q2 2017 Q4 2017 Q2 2018 Thousands Non-mortgage transactions Mortgage drawdowns for house purchase Non-mortgage transactions % of total (RHS)

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House prices rising strongly but some way

  • ff peak (Y-o-Y change, RHS peak =100)

Office leads commercial property (peak = 100)

Property prices have rebounded strongly since 2012

Source: CSO; IPD

20 40 60 80 100 120 Retail Office Industrial 20 40 60 80 100 120

  • 30%
  • 20%
  • 10%

0% 10% 20% 30% 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 National Index (RHS) National (Y-o-Y %) Ex Dublin (Y-o-Y %) Dublin (Y-o-Y %)

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  • 10%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 Q1 2011 Q3 2011 Q1 2012 Q3 2012 Q1 2013 Q3 2013 Q1 2014 Q3 2014 Q1 2015 Q3 2015 Q1 2016 Q3 2016 Q1 2017 Q3 2017 Q1 2018 Q3 2018 4Q Sum of Transactions Y-o-Y Change (RHS)

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  • First time buyers (FTBs) can borrow 90% of the

value of a home (10% minimum deposit). Five per cent of the total new lending to FTBs will be allowed above the 90% LTV limit.

  • For second and subsequent buyers (SSBs), banks

must restrict lending for primary dwelling purchase above 80 per cent LTV to no more than 20 per cent of new lending to SSBs.

  • Bank must restrict lending for primary dwelling

purchase above 3.5 times LTI to no more than 20 per cent of that aggregate value for FTBs and 10 per cent for SSBs.

  • Banks have to limit Buy-to-Let loans (BTL) above

70 per cent LTV to 10 per cent of all BTL loans. CBI’s amended macro-prudential rules Transactions have slowed since macro- prudential rules introduced

CBI’s macro-prudential rules increase resilience of banking and household sector

Introduction in 2015

Source: Residential Property Price Register

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  • 20%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% SD NW BG UK DN IE FR LX ES NL FN OE EA BD PT GR IT

  • 20%

0% 20% 40% 60% SD BG OE NW NL LX FR DN ES IE EA PT FN UK IT GR BD

Irish house price valuations rose relative to other European countries in 2017 but remain below 2008 levels

Source: OECD, NTMA Workings Note: Measured as % over or under valuation relative to long term averages since 1980.

Deviation from average price-to-income ratio (Q1 2018, red dot represent Q1 2008) Deviation from average price-to-rent ratio (Q1 2018, red dot represent Q1 2008)

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50 100 150 200 250 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Jones Lang LaSalle Real Office Estimated Rent Value (ERV) IPD Real Office Property Price Index

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Real commercial property prices still down from peak (index 1983 = 100)

Real office property price moves together with Equivalent Rental Value (rents). Price is driven by real demand in the long-run Bub Bubble peri eriod

  • d

Source: IPD; NTMA Note: IPD office price index updated to Q3 2017

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Worries about contingent liabilities no longer; Ireland now has legacy assets

Section 6: Other data

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Ireland has legacy banking-related assets

  • Ba

Banki king

  • Banks are now profitable; income, cost and balance sheet metrics are much improved.
  • Interest rates on mortgages and to SMEs are still high compared to EU thanks to legacy issues and the

slow judicial process in accessing collateral.

  • An IPO of AIB stock (28.8%) was completed in June 2017. This returned c. €3.4bn to the Irish

Exchequer.

  • NA

NAMA

  • NAMA has repaid 100% of its senior debt; it forecasts a profit of €3.5bn subject to market conditions.
  • This is likely to be returned to the Government coffers in the next few years.
  • IBR

BRC

  • Liquidation of the IBRC could ultimately return over €1bn to the Irish Exchequer.
  • The Exchequer received €280m as an interim dividend in 2016 and €270m in 2017.

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All three pillar banks profitable given enhanced margins

Allied Irish Bank Bank of Ireland Permanent TSB

Source: Annual reports of banks - BOI, AIB, PTSB Profit measures are before exceptional items, 2018H1 figure annualised

State Ownership 71% owned 14% owned 75% owned

  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1

1 2 Profit Before Tax (€bns)

  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1

1 2 Profit Before Tax (€bns)

  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1

1 2 Profit Before Tax (€bns) 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% Net Interest Margin % 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% Net Interest Margin % 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% Net Interest Margin %

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Domestic bank cost base reduced over time

… and IE banks* below to EU average Cost income ratios improve dramatically…

Source: Annual reports of Irish domestic banks, EBA * EBA data includes three domestic banks as well as Ulster Bank, DEPFA & Citibank.

Source: Annual reports of Irish domestic banks

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% DK SE GR FI ES SK CY PL NL MT IE IT BE HU SI* EU GB PT LU AT FR DE

Staffing (000s) shrunk by c.50% post crisis

26 16 5 10 11 3

  • 10

20 30 AIB BOI PTSB 2008 2017 123% 88% 144% 51% 66% 68% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% AIB BOI PTSB 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018H1

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21.2% 17.6% 15.8% 14.1% 17.5% 13.4% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% CET1 % (Transitional) CET1 % (Fully Loaded) AIB BOI PTSB

CET 1 capital ratios (Jun-18)

  • 20

40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Loan-to- Deposit % Loans (€bn) Loan-to- Deposit % Loans (€bn) AIB BOI Dec-10 Jun-18

Loan-to-deposit ratios have fallen significantly as loan books slimmed down

Capital ratios strengthened as banks were slimmed down and consolidated

Source: Published bank accounts

Note: “Transitional” refers to the transitional Basel III required for CET1 ratios “Fully loaded” refers to the actual Basel III basis for CET1 ratios.

Source: Published bank accounts

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Asset quality continues to improve: impaired loans and provisions fall in 2017

Imp mpair ired loa

  • ans % (cov
  • verage %)1 by

by ba bank k and asset De Dec-15 15 De Dec-16 16 De Dec-17 17 Boo

  • ok

k (€bn) bn) BOI

Irish Residential Mortgages 9.3(52) 6.0(45) 4.7(42) 24.1 UK Residential Mortgages 1.6(22) 0.7(15) 0.8(11) 22.6 Irish SMEs 21.9(52) 15.7(55) 12.0(56) 8.2 UK SMEs 11.1(51) 6.3(55) 5.9(52) 1.7 Corporate 4.6(59) 3.5(54) 2.9(62) 8.8 CRE - Investment 28.5(53) 21.1(57) 13.7(51) 8.3 CRE - Land/Development 84.8(76) 68.8(73) 35.3(60) 0.5 Consumer Loans 4.1(105) 2.7(66) 2.1(63) 4.3 11.6( 6(56) 6) 7.6( 6(54 54) 5.2( 2(49 49) 78.5

AIB

Irish Residential Mortgages 16.6(38) 13.1(44) 9.8(44) 32.2 UK Residential Mortgages 10.8(50) 10.8(46) 8.4(30) 1.5 SMEs/Corporate 11.5(63) 8.0(60) 4.9(54) 17.7 CRE 37.4(61) 29.0(53) 20.4(51) 8.8 Consumer Loans 19.9(70) 13.9(58) 11.6(56) 3.1 18.6( 6(47) 7) 14.0( 0(44) 4) 10.0( 0(53) 3) 63.3

PTSB

Irish Residential Mortgages 23.6(49) 23.4(49) 24.2(49) 17.9 UK Residential Mortgages 3.9(39) 0.0(0) 0.0(0) Commercial 35.8(69) 29.6(113) 46.4(104) 0.2 Consumer Loans 27.0(93) 22.3(88) 16.6(92) 0.3 21.1( 1(49) 9) 23.1( 1(51) 1) 24.2( 2(50) 0) 18.4

1 Total impairment provisions are used for coverage ratios (in parentheses)

Loan Asset Mix (3 banks Dec 17)

Consumer CRE

61% 11% 4% 23%

Corporate/S ME Mortgage

All 3 PCAR banks (€bn) Dec-15 Dec-16 Dec-17 Total Loans 186.5 168.9 160.2 Impaired 29.0 20.3 14.8 (Impaired as % of Total) 15.5% 12.0% 9.2% Provisions 14.7 9.9 7.6 (Provisions as % of book) 7.9% 5.9% 4.7% (Provisions as % of Impaired) 50.6% 48.8% 51.4% Source: Published bank accounts

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Ireland’s interest rates on lending for house purchase the highest in euro area Rates on SME loans* over euro area average

Profitability aided by higher interest rates than EA peers

Source: ECB *SME loans proxy of loans <1year and <€1m to Non-Financial Corporates

% % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Max Min Ireland Euro Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Max Min Ireland Euro Area

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20 40 60 80 100 120 Q3Q2Q1Q4Q3Q2Q1Q4Q3Q2Q1Q4 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Over 90 days >720 days* 361-720 days 181-360 days 90-180 days

Irish residential mortgage arrears are improving across all duration categories; environment still abnormal

  • PDH mortgage arrears have fallen steadily since 2013. The smaller BTL market (c. 25% of total) has higher arrears but also saw

declines in the same period.

  • 116K PDH mortgage accounts were classified as restructured at end H1 2018. Of these restructured accounts, 87% were meeting

the terms of the restructured arrangement.

Mortgage arrears (90+ days) Repossessions**

Source: CBI

PDH Arrears (by thousands)

* Over 40% of those cases in arrears > 720 days are also in arrears greater than five years. ** Four quarter sum of repossessions. Includes voluntary/abandoned dwellings as well as court ordered repossessions

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 PDH + BTL (by balance) PDH + BTL (by number) 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 PDH BTL % of MA90+ (RHS)

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NAMA: All original senior debt has been repaid; likely to deliver surplus of around €3.5bn

  • NAMA’s operating performance is strong
  • Acquired 12,000 loans (over 60,000 saleable property units) related to €74bn par
  • f loans of 780 debtors for €32bn
  • NAMA continues to generate net profit after impairment charges.
  • It

t has has rep epaid 100% % of

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  • f orig
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enior de debt

  • NAMA exceeded its senior debt redemption targets well ahead of schedule. It remains on course,

subject to market conditions, to redeem its small amount of subordinated debt by 2020.

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  • mmercial via

viability ty.

 Progress has been strong so far with 7,300 units completed from Jan 2014 – May 2018;  Another 2,800 under construction and 8,500 have planning permission granted;  Planning applications lodged or will be lodged in 2018 for a further 8,600 units

More NAMA information available on www.nama.ie

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The European Commission’s ruling on Apple’s tax affairs does not change the NTMA’s funding plans

  • The EC has ruled that Ireland illegally provided State aid of up to €13bn, plus interest to Apple. This

figure is based on the tax foregone as a result of a historic provision in Ireland’s tax code. This was closed on December 31st 2014.

  • Thi

his s case has nothing to do with Ireland’s corporate tax rate. In its press release the EC stated: “This decision does not call into question Ireland’s general tax system or its corporate tax rate”.

  • App

pple is is ap appealing the the ruli ruling, g, as as is is the the Iris rish Govern rnment.

  • t. This process could be lengthy. Pending the
  • utcome of the appeal, Apple has paid approximately €13bn plus EU interest into an escrow fund.
  • Bank of New York Mellon has been selected for the provision of escrow agency and custodian services

to hold and administer the fund.

  • Amundi, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited and Goldman Sachs Asset Management

International have been selected for the provision of investment management services for the fund.

  • As the funds will be held in escrow pending the outcome of the appeal, the

the NTM NTMA has has mad ade no no al allowance for

  • r these

these funds. s.

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Irish Sovereign Green Bond Framework aligned with the ICMA Green Bond Principles

Use of Proceeds Project Evaluation and Selection Process Management of Proceeds

Sustainable Water, Clean Transportation, Energy Efficiency, Climate Change Adaptation & others Working Group established by Government: NTMA, DPER, DCCAE & DFIN Pending its allocation to Eligible Green Projects, Ireland will temporarily hold proceeds in its Central Fund.

Reporting

Annual Allocation Report & Biennial Eligible Green Project Impact Report

Source: NTMA Further details are available at ntma.ie

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Government’s NDP outlines green projects; aim to cut CO2 emissions by at least 80% by 2050

Sustainable Mobility €8.6 billion Sustainable Management

  • f Water and

Environmental Resources €6.8 billion Transition to a Low carbon and Climate Resilient Society €7.6 billion

Total:€23 billion (13% of GNI*)

Source: National Development Plan 2018-2027

1 in 5 euros in the NDP to be spent on green projects

Further details are available at ntma.ie

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Explanatory charts about the distortions to Ireland’s National Accounts

Annex

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  • 10%
  • 5%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% Modified Domestic Demand External Channel Change in Inventories GDP

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Distortions to GDP/GNP make them sub-optimal indicators of economic performance

Substantial activity from multinationals from 2015 onwards distorted the national accounts

Source: CSO; Department of Finance

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Reclassification of several companies and “onshoring”

  • f IP led to step change in GDP & capital stock

Source: CSO; Department of Finance *due to confidentiality some sector data for 2015 has been restricted

c.35% increase in nominal GDP in 2015

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 € Billions

  • Trans. equip. and R&D*

Research and Development Transport equipment Other Assets All fixed assets 50 100 150 200 250 300 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Nominal GDP Nominal GNP

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The change in capital stock resulted in large increase in net exports

Source: CSO

  • The capital stock expanded in 2015

by c. €300bn or c. 40%. This is due to:

  • Re-domiciling/inversions of several

multinational companies

  • The “onshoring” of IP assets into Ireland

by multinationals

  • The movement of aircraft leasing assets

in Ireland.

  • The transfer of whole entities and assets of this

size is not something seen before in Ireland.

  • Goods produced by the additional capital

were mainly exported. Complicating matters, the goods were produced through “contract manufacturing” (explained in detail overleaf).

  • Little or no employment in Ireland results from this

contract manufacturing.

50 100 150 200 250 300 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Net Exports Investment Distortions Modified Domestic Demand GDP

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20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 National accounts exports Trade data exports

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Contract manufacturing (CM) overstates the extent of goods export growth in the last three years

  • Contract manufacturing (CM) occurs where a

company in Ireland engages another abroad to manufacture products on its behalf.

  • Crucially, the foreign contract manufacturer

supplies a manufacturing service to the Irish entity but the overseas contractor never takes

  • wnership of the product. When the product is

sold abroad, a change of economic ownership takes place between Ireland and the country where the product is sold.

  • This export is recorded in Ireland’s statistics even

tho though it it was as ne never r pr produced in in Irela eland.

  • Previously, CM did not have a significant net

impact on GDP as the company would send royalties back to where the intellectual property (IP) was “owned” – it was a royalty import. Now that the IP is here, Ireland’s GDP is artificially inflated.

Source: CSO, NTMA Calculations

c. c. €73 73 bn bn

Contract manufacturing proxy*

*Contract manufacturing proxy is calculated as the difference between the monthly International trade exports statistics and the National Accounts/BOP measure for goods exports. The monthly data is based on the actual volume of goods flowing through Ireland’s various ports/airports whereas the national accounts/BOP makes adjustments for, among other items, contract manufacturing.

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Investment distorted by multinationals importing intellectual property (IP) into Ireland

  • Investment is above the pre-crisis level due to

MNCs importing intangibles into Ireland.

  • Ireland has become an ICT hub in recent years

with this investment impacting the real economy.

  • However the recent sharp increase in intangibles

investment overstates Ireland’s position and should be discounted accordingly.

  • Building investment grew by 12% in H1 2018

versus H1 2017 highlighting pent up demand for housing. Investment (4Q sum, €bns)

Source: CSO,

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

Building Investment Other Investment Distortions Modified GFCF Total GFCF

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GNI* is a better measure of underlying economic activity than GDP/GNP

  • GDP headline numbers do not reflect the “true”

growth of Ireland’s income due to MNCs.

  • Reasons for 2015-17 MNC distortions:
  • Re-domiciling/inversions of several

multinational companies

  • The “onshoring” of IP assets into Ireland

by multinationals

  • The movement of aircraft leasing assets

in Ireland.

  • By modifying GNI to take account of these factors,

GNI* gives us a better understanding of the underlying economy.

  • GNI* only available in nominal terms at present.
  • In time, GNI* will be published on a constant

price basis.

National Account – Current Prices (Euro, y-o-y growth rates) 2015 2016 2017 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 262.4bn (34.4%) 273.2bn (4.1%) 294.1bn (7.6%) minus Net Factor Income from rest of the world = Gross National Product (GNP) 200.4bn (22.2%) 222.2bn (10.8%) 233.1bn (4.9%) add EU subsidies minus EU taxes 1.2bn 1.0bn 1.1bn = Gross National Income (GNI) 201.7bn (22.3%) 223.2bn (10.7%) 234.2bn (5.0%) minus retained earnings of re- domiciled firms

  • 4.6bn
  • 5.8bn
  • 4.6bn

minus depreciation on foreign

  • wned IP assets
  • 31.0bn
  • 36.7bn
  • 43.1bn

minus depreciation on aircraft leasing

  • 4.6bn
  • 4.9bn
  • 5.1bn

= GNI* 161.4bn (8.6%) 189.2bn (9.0%) 181.2bn (3.0%)

Source: CSO

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The current account (CA) is distorted heavily by actions of MNEs – CSO has modified CA to be consistent with GNI*

Source: CSO, NTMA calculations Modified CA=CA less (IP Depreciation + Aircraft Leasing Depreciation + Redomiciled Incomes + R&D Services Exports) adding back (Imports of related to Leasing Aircraft + R&D related IP and services Imports). Significant caution should be exercised when viewing Ireland’s current account data. MNC’s action distort metrics heavily.

  • 10%
  • 5%

0% 5% 10% 15% 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Current Account (% of GNI*) Modified Current Account (% of GNI*)

Ireland is living within its means

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Modified Domestic Demand (MDD) – which ignores the net exports channel - is best cyclical indicator

  • GNI* is useful but not timely. MDD is released on

a quarterly and real basis.

  • MDD ignores the net exports channel. It also
  • mits aircraft leasing and IP imports from

investment to give a modified measure of domestic demand.

  • The measure includes:
  • private consumption
  • government consumption
  • building investment
  • elements of machinery & equipment

investment

  • elements of intangible asset investment
  • value of physical changes in stock
  • This measure pegs real growth closer to 6.0% in

the year to Q2 2018. Since 2014, annual growth has averaged over 5% when looking at MDD.

Source: CSO, four quarter sum growth rate used to strip out substantial quarterly volatility. Note MDD includes inventories. Large inventories in Q4 2016 added a further degree of volatility into MDD data.

  • 20%
  • 15%
  • 10%
  • 5%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Modified Dom. Demand (Real) Modified Dom. Demand (Nominal)

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