CdM| In the second quarter, public debt in the euro area fell to 90.3% of GDP compared with the previous quarter, while the government deficit remained at 3.3% of GDP, according to data from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office. In the EU, the government debt ratio also declined, from 83.4% to 83.1% of GDP. For both the euro area and the EU, the decline in the government debt-to-GDP ratio is…
The debt of the public administrations as a whole reached 1.563 trillion euros in August, after rising by 0.4% in monthly rate, although it did not exceed the historical maximum recorded in June (1.568 trillion), according to data published on Monday by the Bank of Spain. In the last year, public debt has grown by 4.7%, with 70,866 million euros more, despite the fact that Spain is growing by 2.3%…
Housing for rent has largely vanished in recent months in both Catalonia and the Community of Madrid. The supply of flats for rent has plummeted since the Housing Law came into force five months ago by 35.32% in the case of the Madrid region and by 34.92% in the case of Catalonia, according to an analysis carried out by the National Federation of Real Estate Associations (FAI), which puts the…
Bankinter| The company will present a redundancy plan for up to 5,000 employees in Telefónica Spain. In addition, there is talk in the media of a possible interest of a consortium led by RRJ in buying Vodafone Spain. As for the redundancy programme, Telefónica will present the programme to the unions before Investor’s Day on 8 November. It expects around 2,500 employees to take redundancy. Although unconfirmed, media reports anticipate…
Banca March : The armed conflict between Hamas and Israel has been joined by the sabotage of the Baltic pipeline earlier this month (after the existence of an “external force” was confirmed). While the Commission warns of no negative effects at present, the list of events prolongs the threat to gas supply for the winter. The gas price cap in question, which is triggered if the Dutch TTF index reaches…
Bankinter| Sergio Massa has sprung a surprise and won the first round of the presidential elections in Argentina. With 99% of the votes counted and a 78% turnout, the current Minister of Economy and candidate of the current coalition governing Argentina (Unión por la Patria) obtained 36.7% of the votes. Javier Milei (La Libertad Avanza), who until now had been leading the pre-election polls, obtained 30.0% of the votes. The…
Morgan Stanley analysts explain that we are in a “Bear market for bonds: The US 10-year bond touched 4.99% on Thursday, the highest level since 2007, and the curve now has the steepest slope since 2013. Bonds have experienced the strongest bear market in history, while equity returns on bonds are at record highs.” According to Intermoney analysts, the market has experienced in the third quarter “The biggest drop in…
The King, Felipe VI, will inaugurate today Monday in Bilbao the 26th National Congress of Family Businesses, which will bring together more than 500 family businessmen from all over Spain on 23 and 24 October at the Euskalduna Palace. Family businesses are the basis of the European business fabric and in Spain they account for 70% of employment and 60% of GDP. And for the fifth consecutive year, the President…
Link Securities| Two consortiums participated by ArcelorMittal and EDP Renovables have been awarded €2 billion for the development of two clean hydrogen hubs in the USA. The steelmaker and its partners will receive €950 million in government aid, while the alliance in which the renewable energy company has a stake will receive more than €1.1 billion. The MTS consortium, called the Midwest Clean Hydrogen Alliance (MachH2), includes other oil industry…
Banc Sabadell| Adidas announced better preliminary 3Q23 results with LfL sales growth of +1% (-6.4% reported against -7.6% consensus) and EBIT of €409m (-27.5% against -53.5% consensus), thanks to a better gross margin evolution (c.+20 bps in 3Q23), Yeezy sales and a better-than-expected evolution of the rest of the businesses. All this allows them to raise again the 2023 guidance to a low single digit LfL decline in sales (as…