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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.
Fluidra piscina

Relevant News Item, Spanish economy 4th May 2023

Fluidra claims water consumption in pool sector “very low” in Spain, around 0.15%.

Link Securities | At a symposium at the Círculo Ecuestre, Fluidra’s president, Eloi Planes, said yesterday that this year’s drought will have an impact on the swimming pool business, but he also said that it could be a driver of growth in the medium and long term, according to the newspaper Expansión. Planes explained that the renovation of equipment for more sustainable systems will be a vector for growth. Despite…

pensiones playita

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 3rd May 2023

Population over 64 in Spain now more than 20%, outnumbers that of under-20s

Funcas | The growing imbalance in the size of the older and younger generations poses a challenge for intergenerational solidarity, with important implications at the economic, social and political levels. Spain is a good example of this demographic trend. While in 2012 the population aged 65 and over accounted for 17.4% of the population, by 2022 already exceeded 20%. In contrast, the population under 20 years of age fell to…

Spanish midcap Telepizza

Spanish economy 3rd May 2023

Bondholders, Santander and ICO rescue Telepizza

Telepizza’s bondholders and Santander, its largest creditor bank, yesterday signed an agreement to save the company. According to sources close to the operation reported by the newspaper CincoDías, both the funds and the bank have agreed to assume a write-down of around half of its liabilities, some €400 million , in exchange for taking over 100% of the company. This means that the bondholders will become the new majority shareholders,…

tractorada

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 3rd May 2023

Spanish countryside, with 80,000 fewer workers than a year ago, calls strike on May 14th

The total number of people employed in the Spanish agricultural sector at the end of the first quarter was 748,200, compared to 827,700 in the first quarter of 2022. Nearly 80,000 fewer employed than a year ago. This is the largest annual fall in a first quarter since 2015, according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute’s Labour Force Survey (EPA). You have to go back to the first quarter of…

Economia España

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 2nd May 2023

Spanish economy starts 2023 stronger than anticipated, growing 0.5% in Q1 and 3.8% in last year

Bankinter : Preliminary Q1 2023 GDP +3.8% year-on-year (versus +3.1% expected and +2.9% year-on-year in Q4 2022 revised up by 0.3 percentage points. Quarter-on-quarter GDP growth of +0.5% (versus +0.3% quarter-on-quarter estimated and +0.4% quarter-on-quarter foreseen revised up two tenths). The implicit GDP deflator stands at +6.2% year-on-year (+1.1 p.p. versus the last quarter). The analysis team’s view: it has been a stronger start to 2023 than was expected. Manufacturing…

inflation rises

In Spain, Spanish economy 28th April 2023

Prices rebound, inflation up to 4.1% in April, but underlying down to 6.6%

CdM : Prices rose again across the board in April. After the falls of recent months, inflation rose in the fourth month of the year to 4.1%, which is six tenths above the previous month and eight tenths higher than a year ago (it had not risen so much in one month since May 2022), according to the leading indicator of the National Statistics Institute (INE). The underlying rate, however,…

JohnsonJohnson

World economy 28th April 2023

Johnson & Johnson initiates spin-off and IPO of Kenvue division (Frenadol, Nicorette, Neutrogena or Listerine), valued at up to $43 billion

Banca March | The healthcare giant has launched the spin-off and IPO of its consumer division – with products such as Frenadol, Nicorette, Neutrogena and Listerine – which it will call Kenvue and which it has valued at up to $43 billion. With this placement, which will happen within a few weeks, J&J plans to sell more than 151 million Kenvue shares at a price of between $20 and $23…

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Companies, European economy, In Europe 27th April 2023

Técnicas Reunidas to develop southern Europe’s second largest 2-G biofuels plant for Cepsa in Huelva

Link Securities | Cepsa has awarded Técnicas Reunidas the contract to develop the engineering for the largest second-generation (2G) biofuels plant in southern Europe, which the company will start up together with Bio-Oils through an investment of up to €1 billion, in the La Rábida Energy Park (Huelva). The new plant, which will use agricultural waste and used cooking oils as feedstock, will have two pre-treatment units and a flexible…

unemployment spain

Spanish economy 27th April 2023

Unemployed in Spain in 1Q23 up to 3.13 M compared to 3 M at end of 2022

Bankinter : The unemployment rate has risen in the first quarter of 2023 to 13.26% from 12.87% previously and versus the 13.0% expected. The number of unemployed has risen to 3.13M (as opposed to 3.0M at the end of 2022). The activity rate remains fairly stable at 58.55% (versus 58.52% previously). Analysis: the labour market is deteriorating more than expected and continues to slow down from 12.48% in 2Q 2022;…

bank of japan

In the World, World economy 27th April 2023

BoJ to nurture seeds of inflation from increasing wages by large firms

Alicia García Herrero (Natixis) | Japan has developed an unusual social consensus to raise wages, to protect people’s livelihood from rising inflation. With this background, the spring wage negotiation among major firms is expected to result in a rise of +3.8%, the largest increase in 30 years. However, subdued productivity gains at a macro level are expected to limit a sustainable wage increase in Japan. Because large firms have improved…