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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.
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In the World 20th March 2025

US industrial production recovers in February due to strong rise in durable goods

Intermoney | Industrial production recovered in February, advancing by +0.7% m. (five tenths more than expected) while January’s was revised downwards by two tenths to 0.3%. The solid growth in manufacturing activity (0.9% month-on-month) together with mining production (2.8% month-on-month) meant that the fall in utilities (2.5% month-on-month) was not particularly noticeable, thanks to the mild temperatures compared to a particularly cold January. In the details of the data, the…

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Spanish economy 20th March 2025

Spain’s trade deficit reaches €6.19 billion in January, Eurozone surplus €1 billion

Link Securities | According to data released by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, in January Spain’s trade deficit increased to €6.19 billion, compared to €3.73 billion in the same month last year, reaching its highest level since October 2022. In January, exports fell by 1.2%, to €29.78 billion, weighed down by sharp contractions in the automotive sector (21.2%), energy products (15.0%) and capital goods (5.7%). Among the main…

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In Europe 19th March 2025

ZEW index economic expectations for Germany ‘improve considerably’ in March

CdM | Germany’s economic expectations ‘improve considerably’ in March. The ZEW indicator of economic sentiment stands at 51.6 points, which is 25.6 points above the previous month’s figure and exceeding the market forecast of 48.1. The last time the indicator increased so substantially was in January 2023. ‘This optimism is probably due to positive signals about future German fiscal policy, such as the agreement on the multi-billion-euro financial package for…

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In the World 19th March 2025

Sacyr awarded another concession in Chile, extension of one already under way, worth €516 million

Intermoney | Sacyr (Buy, PO €4.4) announced yesterday, while the market was open, that it had been awarded a new concession in Chile. This is the Itata Route, which involves an investment of €516 million and includes the improvement, construction, maintenance and operation of existing and new works. These include the improvement of the current routes 152 (75.1 km) and 158 (14.1 km) and a new 6.9 km dual carriageway…

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In Spain 19th March 2025

President of pro-government El País compares Sánchez to Franco for wanting to take total control of newspaper

Joseph Oughourlian, president of Grupo Prisa – a publicly traded company and owner of the newspaper El País and SER, the leading radio network in Spain – has publicly denounced the attempt by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to oust him from the presidency of the Group and seize the company, as he has already done with Indra and Telefónica. In an editorial unimaginable just a few weeks…

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In Europe 19th March 2025

Ferrovial subsidiary Budimex chosen to build major section of Estonia railway corridor for €900 million

Link Securities | Rail Baltica, the company in charge of building the high-speed line that will connect Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, has once again chosen Budimex, the Polish subsidiary of Ferrovial (FER), to build another of the major sections of the railway corridor in Estonia, according to the newspaper Expansión. The contract, put out to tender for more than €900 million, was divided into two lots. The joint venture formed…

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World economy 19th March 2025

OECD revises global growth estimates downwards and inflation estimates upwards for 2025 and 2026

Bankinter | The estimate of global growth for 2025 now stands at +3.1% from 3.3% previously and for 2026 at +3% from +3.3% previously. Canada and Mexico are the economies most negatively affected due to the impact of growing tariff tensions. In the United States, growth is now expected to be +2.2% by 2025 (+2.4% previously) and +1.6% by 2026 (2.1% previously). For Spain, the forecast has been revised upwards…

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In Spain 19th March 2025

Spanish public administrations’ debt at €1.630 trillion in January, up 2.8% year-on-year

Link Securities | Yesterday, Expansión newspaper reported that the debt of Spanish public administrations as a whole stood at €1.630 trillion in January, which represents an upturn of 2.8% in year-on-year terms. The amount is the second highest in the historical series, according to data from the Bank of Spain (BdE). In the last 12 months public debt has increased by €50,897 million, while in relation to the month of…

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In Europe 18th March 2025

IAG interested in acquiring Portuguese TAP despite paralysis of privatisation process

Link Securities | The airline holding company IAG (IAG) is not giving up on its efforts to acquire the Portuguese airline TAP despite the paralysis of the privatisation process that has led to the fall of Luis Montenegro’s government, according to the newspaper elEconomista. The Portuguese state, which owns 100% of the company’s capital, intends to sell part or all of the airline in a public tender whose details were…

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Spanish economy 18th March 2025

Indra: Minsait subsidiary not for sale, company working towards developing higher value services

Banco Sabadell | According to the press, the main messages to be drawn from the appearance of Ángel Escribano (President of Indra) last week in the Congress of Deputies are: (i) Regarding the sale of Minsait, he stated that it is not for sale and that work is being done to develop it into a higher value service, (ii) he did not hide the interest in acquiring Santa Bárbara, but…