MADRID | Spain has proven that it can make economic adjustments and it is competitive, laying the groundwork for foreign direct investment (FDI) confidence to remain upbeat on the country’s economic prospects.
MADRID | by Luis Martí | Almost twice as many Spaniards as Germans own their home and look therefore, richer. But they are not.
Project Syndicate | By Dominique Moisi| In the mirror of Germany, the French must ask themselves fundamental questions. Have they made the right choices in terms of leaders and policies in recent decades?
By CaixaBank researchers | The markets welcome the central bank’s expansionary policies but the latest indicators are still weak.
By Guilherme Waldemar d’Oliveira Martins, owner of the Portuguese Audit Firm Oliveira, Reis & Associados | In downturn times like we have nowadays, the Euro Zone will face big problems if budgets don’t operate as counter-cyclical instruments.
LISBOA| By José Alves | Capital Madrid| How the European Union prevents Russia from accessing strategic sectors, but when it comes to China the governments just seem to look away and open the door.
Project Syndicate | By Raghuram Rajan | The bankers do not seem to have internalized a fundamental axiom of modern finance: risk emanates from the assets that a bank holds.
BARCELONA | By CaixaBank analysts | It is expected that, in some cases such as Spain or France, the European Commission will ease the extent of fiscal consolidation required over the coming years.
MADRID | FCC is set to modernise the largest Port in Peru, for 165 million euro and to upgrade the Trujillo sports complex, site of the Bolivarian Games.
Presseurop.eu | By Matthias Horx | Greedy banks, the EU or Angela Merkel: The search for the culprit in Cyprus is running along the usual fault lines of the euro crisis. But do individuals not share in the responsibility for the mistakes of their society? That would mean the Cypriots would have to give up some of their savings deposits.