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The Corner has a team of on-the-ground reporters in capital cities ranging from New York to Beijing. Their stories are edited by the teams at the Spanish magazine Consejeros (for members of companies’ boards of directors) and at the stock market news site Consenso Del Mercado (market consensus). They have worked in economics and communication for over 25 years.

Geopolitical risks for the European economy

Geopolitical Risks For The European Economy

via The Conversation | Recent data of recession in Italy and deceleration in the last quarter in German have sounded the alarm, although France and Spain have slightly increased their growth. It is certain that many risks exist, almost all geopolitical, which, if they came to pass, would have a negative impact on economic activity. And it is also hard to glimpse anything that would allow faster growth.


Repsol

Repsol Reinforces Its Profile As A Gas Company With The Discovery In Indonesia

Repsol has made the largest discovery of gas in Indonesia in the last 18 years and one of the 10 largest in the world in the last 12 months, with a preliminary estimation of at least 2 billion cubic feet of gas in recoverable resources, the equivalent of 2 years of gas consumption in Spain and 20% of Repsol’s natural gas reserves.


Eight Spanish banks brands amongst the 500 most valued worldwide

Spanish Banks: Attractive Valuations But Fragile Trading

The Q418 results have been a negative catalyst for Spanish banks and almost all of them (with the notable exception of BBVA) have seen how the stock market advances accumulated over the course of the year have vanished to the point of returning negative.The recurrent tendencies of incomes have remained moderately positive, as happened in 2018, but, in opinion of Santander Research, net financial margins remain vulnerable.


The trick of the Italian budget law

The Trick Of The Italian Budget Law

Italy escaped the EU excessive deficit procedure for now because the Italian government has curbed the three main electoral promises by underestimating the costs of the planned measures. A report by Flossbach von Storch Research Institute explores the different scenarios for the procedure.



The liquidity injection is soaring in China

The Liquidity Injection Is Soaring in China

It was known yesterday that in January the financing to the Chinese economy reached a historical maximum in volume, growing almost 200% since December and exceeding the most optimistic forecasts. This indicator is one of the main tools that the government monitors to stimulate growth.


Enagas thinking about investing a billion euros in US listed company

Enagas Thinking About Investing €1 Bn In US Listed Company

The Spanish gas system operator, Enagas, is exploring its options of buying shares in the US listed company Tallgrass Energy. According to various sources in the sector, the public company, whose main shareholder is the state through SEPI, has been working discreetly on this operation since last November. In any case, the process is at a preliminary stage, and there are others interested in the US company.


Spain has highest proportion of contracts of 6 months or less

Spain Has Highest Rate Of 6 Mths Or Less Contracts

According to data of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which links the increase in poverty to the length of contracts, in a comparison of 18 European countries, Spain has registered the largest proportion of contracts of 6 months or less. According to its forecasts, Spain’s unemployment rate will fall from 15.5% in 2018 to 14% in 2020.