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In Spain 30th November 2023

OECD lowers 2024 growth forecast for Spain to 1.4% and calls for greater fiscal adjustment

The OECD has revised down to 1.4% its economic growth forecast for Spain in 2024, a figure well below the 2% expected by the government. In its half-yearly Outlook report published on Wednesday, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) sends a clear message to Pedro Sánchez’s new government: further budgetary adjustment is needed to keep public debt under control. The report stresses that “stronger and sustained fiscal consolidation…

European economy, In Europe 29th November 2023

Debate opens at ECB on whether to end bond buybacks to accelerate balance sheet reduction

Banca March: The European Central Bank will consider ending bond buybacks to accelerate balance sheet reduction. As announced by Christine Lagarde at the European Parliament Hearing, it is expected to tighten monetary policy by reducing bond purchases next year. The €1.7 trillion Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) provided for the reinvestment of asset gains until the end of 2024. However, the debate has opened up between the hawks, who defend…

In the World 29th November 2023

Indra to provide Vancouver International Airport (Canada) with most advanced control tower in the world

Link Securities| The Spanish company will supply Vancouver International Airport (Canada) with the world’s most advanced control tower. In a press release issued by Indra, the company explained that it is a digital system to control the movement of aircraft on the apron with which the Canadian airfield manager will start its own programme of digitalised apron management services. Indra will deliver an integral digital tower solution equipped with a…

“In banking funds, there are sales targets and conflicts of interest”

Fernando Rodríguez| “The big picture of Indexa is that we aspire to be the leading independent asset manager in Europe” says Ramón Blanco, founder and director of Indexa Capital Group Q- What is the equity story or investor proposition of Indexa’s shares?A- What is listed is Indexa Capital Group, and underneath it hang three operating companies: Indexa Capital – a broker-dealer, the French insurance broker Indexa Courrier d’assurance and the…

“An electric car in Germany today emits more CO2 than a diesel or a petrol car. That’s the reality, because 50% of electricity is generated with coal”

“How many mobile operators are there in the United States? Three. How many are there in Europe? We are almost in triple digits”

According to Jordi Gual, director of Telefónica Brazil and chairman of VidaCaixa, the biggest problem of the single European market is precisely that, “we still don’t have a single market. Neither in banking, nor in energy, nor in telecommunications… Nor have we created a single risk-free European asset, which is fundamental in the financial markets”. In the next issue of Consejeros, the former chairman of Caixabank gives his forecast for…

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