BARCELONA | CaixaBank analysts believe reforms are particularly important for the second economy in Latin America given the need to provide a definitive boost to its growth potential, one of the lowest in the region.
MADRID | By Tania Suárez | Analysts in Madrid think Spain’s risk premium is too high for the government to escape the fate of Ireland or Portugal. “Some sort of bailout” will be necessary before the end of next year.
MADRID | The Spanish government faces an uncomfortable dichotomy, says Carlos Díaz Güell: it either prolongs the fiscal measures taken in 2011 or lets the public deficit grow even further.
Reporter Martin Nangle tells Brussels what’s at stake: “many see ‘More Europe’ as additional funding to the already lavish gravy train lifestyle enjoyed by a greedy elitist group who have little or no allegiance to Europe’s citizens.”
79% of survey respondents expect the European Central Bank will supervise all euro zone banks, in line with the European Commission’s legislative proposal for a single watchdog.
Don’t just blame austerity, says policy adviser Manos: Greece’s welfare state has for years been the worst in the OECD at tackling poverty. And it isn’t alone. Estonia, Malta and the Czech Republic have similar levels of food poverty as Greece’s among households with dependent children.
China has started its leadership transition. The successors Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang face the great challenges posed by the economic model they’ve inherited. Amid a severe economic slowdown, fresh figures released in October suggest that Chinese economy is nevertheless stabilizing.
MADRID | Carlos Díaz Güell draws a guide to understand the current situation of financial and credit institutions in Spain, and what can happen next.
Prof. Krzysztof Rybiński, rector at the Vistula Finance and Business Academy in Warsaw and ex-deputy governor of the National Bank of Poland: “If we lower card payment commissions, will supermarket chains lower their prices? As more information on this is available, I have become less and less convinced.”
CEO of Wayra Global, Telefónica Digital’s accelerator programme, Gonzalo Martín-Villa, knows what Europe needs to arise its own Silicon Valley.