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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.
BBVA

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 15th October 2022

BBVA ups sustainable financing target to 300 billion euros vs initial 100 billion announced in 2018

BBVA has upped its targets for sustainable financing. The Spanish lender expects to reach 300 billion euros of products linked to sustainability targets in the period 2018-2025, according to the daily Cinco Dias, citing BBVA chairman Carlos Torres during a conference in Washington. Cinco Dias said the new amount would represent a 50% increase on the goal of 200 million euros announced in July 2021, when the bank updated its…

Inflation Spain

Spanish economy 15th October 2022

September CPI rate falls to 8.9% vs 10.8% in July

CdM | In September, prices eased once again and moved away from double-digit figures. The CPI rate fell 1,6 points year-on-year, more than estimated, according to the final figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Underlying inflation also declined, to 6.2%, after 14 months of continued increases. We should recall that the headline inflation rate reached its highest peak since September 1984 in the month of July, when prices rose 10.8%….

Germany

European economy 14th October 2022

Only One in Three German Companies Has an Emergency Plan for Energy

ifo | Only just under one-third of German companies has an emergency plan for dealing with the energy crisis. This is the result of the new Randstad ifo Personnel Manager Survey of 700 HR managers. “The smaller the company, the less often measures were in place. Among companies with more than 500 employees, 60 percent have taken appropriate precautions. For companies with up to 50 employees, the figure is only…

Brazil elections: Whoever wins, debt reigns

World economy 14th October 2022

Brasil: A Tight Presidential Run-Off Election Among High Inflation And Fiscal Policy Issues

Crédito y Caución (Atradius) | On October 2, general elections were held in Brazil in order to elect all seats in the lower house of Congress, one-third of seats in the Senate, all 27 state governors and the president. The race for president will be decided in a run-off on October 30, featuring incumbent far-right Jair Bolsonaro and left-wing former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In a polarised first…

Spain FMI

Spanish economy 14th October 2022

Spain: The Last Advanced Economy To Recover Pre-Covid Levels, In 2026, According To The IMF

It will take us Spaniards six years to get back to where we were in 2019. After the latest slowdown in growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its forecasts for world GDP per capita. And the result is that, of the 24 countries that make up what the organisation calls ‘advanced economies’, 23 are going to recover their pre-covid-19 standard of living before Spain. Some, such as the…

IAG

Spanish economy 14th October 2022

IAG earns 1.2 billion euros in September and rises 9% on the stock market

IAG, the airline consortium with Qatari capital, has beat all expectations and clocked up operating profit in the first nine months of the year of 1.2 billion euros. The initial estimate was that the group, led by Luis Gallego as CEO, would maintain earnings at around 800 million euros. So these results mean the company has raised its (operating) profitability by 50% over the forecast. This made IAG the real…

Teresa Ribera

Spanish economy 13th October 2022

Spain To Follow Italy And Poland And Leave The Energy Charter

Spain has initiated proceedings to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ETC), signed by 53 countries and in force since 1998, designed to protect foreign investment in energy infrastructure, according to Politico. Investors have invoked the treaty to litigate against Spain in more than 50 cases over renewable energy cuts. The third vice-president of the government and minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, had already pointed out on numerous occasions…

euro coin

Spanish economy 13th October 2022

Corporate Insolvencies Grow By 90% In September Compared To 2021

Business insolvencies have registered, as of September 2022, the highest increase in that month in the last 10 years. A total of 718 insolvencies have been recorded, 90.5% more than in the same period of 2021, reaching a cumulative figure in 2022 of 4,237 insolvencies filed. Until May, we were in an ‘anaesthetised’ situation in the filing of insolvency proceedings, with a negative annual accumulated figure of 7.3%. However, from…

naturgy

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 12th October 2022

Dividing up Naturgy would involve «inopportune complexities» for the Government

Banc Sabadell | The Géminis plan aimed at dividing Naturgy into two entities would involve ill-timed complexities in the eyes of the Government, according to official sources, cited by the press. The main reason should be that Naturgy is considered as strategic, due to the fact that it is the main supplier of gas to the Peninsula via Medgaz. The current environment as a result of the war in Ukraine…

Amadeus

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 12th October 2022

Amadeus: the re-opening may offset the macroeconomic context

Morgan Stanley | The Q3’22 survey of CIOs (Chief Information Officers) suggests a slowdown in IT budgets’ growth. Expectations for spending in 2022 have been cut by 100bp to 3%. For 2023, growth of 2.8% is expected, so both figures would be below the pre-Covid average of 4.1%. The ratio of those CIOs who expect an increase in budgets vs a cut has fallen to 0.4x (vs 1.1x Q2’22), registering…