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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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Spanish economy 30th May 2024

Spain’s CPI rises 3/10 of a percentage point in May to 3.6% due to electricity, underlying up to 3%

CdM | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.3% in May compared to the previous month and raised its year-on-year rate by three tenths to 3.6%, thus registering its highest level since April 2023, according to data released on Thursday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Annual CPI rate The agency explained that the rise in the CPI to 3.6% is due to the increase in electricity prices, following…

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World economy 30th May 2024

New Zealand: Housing market defying headwinds from higher interest rates

Alicia García Herrero (Natixis) | As the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) hiked aggressively to contain surging inflation, the New Zealand economy fell into a technical recession in 2023. While the recovery in exports has offset the weakness in housing investments, private consumption has softened on the back of households’ higher interest payments. Nevertheless, because inflation was still elevated at +4.0% year-on-year in Q1-24, well above the 1-3% target…

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Spanish economy 30th May 2024

Telefónica Brasil negotiating to buy Brazilian operator Desktop

Telefónica Brasil, a subsidiary of TEF, confirmed on Wednesday that it is “in talks” to buy Brazilian operator Desktop, although at the moment there is no definitive decision or formalisation of a deal. The company has assured that it is constantly analysing market opportunities and investments aligned with its strategy and has committed to keep its shareholders duly informed of any move. For its part, Desktop has reiterated that at…

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In Spain 30th May 2024

Amnesty negotiated by Sánchez with prosecuted Catalan pro-independence supporters to obtain their votes and become president to be approved today

Today, the Congress of Deputies is expected to approve the amnesty that Pedro Sánchez had branded as “unconstitutional” but which he finally negotiated with Carles Puigdemont to obtain in exchange the seven votes of Junts that he needed to be able to go to the presidential investiture after losing the elections on 23 July 2023. It is very possible that any of the judges who are forced to apply it…

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World economy 29th May 2024

Shanghai government lowers compulsory down payment and mortgage interest rate to support real estate sector

Bankinter| The Shanghai local government has approved measures to support the real estate sector: it is reducing the amount of the mandatory down payment and the interest rate on mortgages. The measure is expected to be extended to other cities such as Beijing and Shenzhen. The down payment required from buyers is reduced by 10% to 20% of the property value for first home buyers and up to 30% for…

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Spanish economy 29th May 2024

Laboratorios Rovi could sell third-party manufacturing business for between €3.1 and €3.7 billion

Banco Sabadell: According to press reports, Laboratorios Rovi (ROVI) could obtain between €3,100 million and €3,700 million (73% capitalisation and EV of ROVI’s total; there is no data on what it represents in terms of the group’s EBITDA today) for its third-party manufacturing business (CDMO). The valuation would be based on the application of a multiple between 12x and 14x EV/EBITDA to the €261 million of EBITDA that the division…

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World economy 29th May 2024

Lower current account deficit shields India from external shocks and future success hinges on sustaining it

Trinh D. Nguyen (Natixis) | India’s nominal GDP rose to $3.5 trillion by 2022, raising its global share by one percentage point to 3.5% and GDP per capita by 64% to 2,500 in the past decade. But diverging from its past, the current account deficit (CAD) narrowed from -3.5% of GDP to -1%, on average. The Indian economy grew more than expected, pushed by higher government infrastructure spending and household…

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In Spain 29th May 2024

PSOE supports PP bill to avoid losing another vote in Congress

The strict application of Pedro Sánchez’s “resistance manual” generates ridiculous situations such as the one experienced yesterday in the Congress of Deputies, when the PSOE parliamentary group – in view of its solitude in rejecting the PP’s proposal to tighten congressional control over the government’s foreign policy – chose to vote in favour of the proposal as well. Some of the government’s allies in the investiture, such as ERC, had…

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Spanish economy 29th May 2024

Berkeley asks ICSID for arbitration in $1bn claim against Spain for not being able to exploit its uranium mine in Salamanca

Berkeley Energia, the company that is trying to move forward with a uranium extraction project in Salamanca, has filed a request for international arbitration against the Spanish government with the ICSID, which depends on the World Bank, in which it demands compensation of $1 billion (around €920 million at the current exchange rate) for blocking its plans. It could become the largest arbitration against Spain. According to Berkeley, the decisions…

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Spanish economy 29th May 2024

CAF’s bid, only one in final phase of Metro de Madrid’s €412m contract to renew Line 1

Renta 4 | According to press reports, CAF is the only company to have reached the final phase of the contract for the supply of 40 trains for the renovation of line 1 of Metro de Madrid for a total of around €412 million. The contract includes technical assistance for a period of 10 years. Valuation: Positive news given the amount of the contract which represents around 3.0% of CAF’s…