Reported by Consejeros Editorial Team Against a backdrop still marked by the impact of the war in Iran, preliminary GDP figures have provided a positive surprise, showing growth of 0.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter of the year – one-tenth of a percentage point higher than in the first quarter – whilst maintaining stable annual growth at 2.7 per cent, contrary to expectations of a slowdown. According to…
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The underlying inflation rate, which excludes the volatile prices of energy, food, alcohol, and tobacco, also rose by a tenth, to 2.5%. Reported by Consejeros Editorial TeamEurozone inflation has halted its downward trend and, in July, it rose by a tenth, bringing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to 2.9%, according to figures published this Friday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU). The July surge is mainly…
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By Morgan StanleyThe strong spending on AI continues to translate into a record issuance of corporate debt. June issuances reached USD 239bn, 90% more than a year ago… while the accumulated volume in 2026 has already reached USD 1.4tn, 36% higher than the previous year. Although the strong supply continues to find very solid demand… supported by record inflows of money into credit funds … MS Research considers that this…
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Rosa Mª García Piñeiro, board member at Caixabank, Acerinox, and Ence—serving as chair of the sustainability committee for the latter two and as a committee member at Caixabank—explains that “the directive does not set the materiality threshold. The company decides it based on its own criteria. There is nothing in the legislation that prescribes what is material and what is not. The auditor-verifier may have one opinion, the company may…
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Says Antonio Bonet, president of the Club of Spanish Exporters and Investors. He points out that “Europe has a single tariff applied by all member states, but the U.S. applies a tariff to each country, meaning it can decide that the tariff applied to Spanish black olives is higher than that for Italian olives, as it did at one point. So there is a part of the negotiation between Europe…
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