The coalition government led by Pedro Sánchez has decided to implement a 4% pay rise for next year, above the 3.5% planned for civil servants and MPs. With this, Prime Minister Sánchez’s annual salary will be 90,010.20 euros a year, which means a monthly salary of 7,500 euros. The Ministry of Finance agreed with unions Comisiones Obreras and UGT a salary increase for civil servants of up to 3.5% in…
Link Securities | Enagás has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with AlbGaz, involving its potential entrance as a stake holder in the operator of Albania’s gas transport system. The two entitities will also study joint projects within the Albanian and European regulatory frameworks, and in line with the Albanian government’s directives, according to Europa Press. The agreement has been signed in Tirana (Albania) by Enagás’ CEO Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri and…
Bankinter | Still nobody, or almost nobody, is talking about the consequences for the property sector of the new context we are facing. But it would be a good idea to do start doing just that. After a 2022 where housing prices are still going up (an estimated +5%), there should be a phase of adjustment. We are forecasting falls of 3% in 2023e and 2% in 2024e (vs +1%…
Intermoney | Aena (Hold, Target Price 140 euros/share) plans soon to put the management of its duty free shops out to tender, the daily Cinco Dias reports. This tender is considered to be the largest of these characteristics in the airports industry, with 85 sale points and a global area of 55.000 m2, including Spain’s main airports. Aena’s current main tenant is Dufry, with whom the airports’ operator has been involved,…
Despite the economic slowdown, the Spanish Treasury wants to achieve another record collection in 2023. This follows the one that will certainly be achieved in the current year, in which the collection is 27 billion euros more than expected due to inflation. The Treasury wants to achieve this after leaving a large part of middle-income earners (above 21,000 euros a year) out of its tax cut, which does not include…
The Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved the draft General State Budget for 2023 agreed by the coalition partners. The accounts are based on a new macroeconomic framework that reduces the GDP growth forecast for 2023 from 2.7% to 2.1%, on a record expenditure ceiling of 198.221 billion euros. Current spending grows by 6.9% (18.3% if one takes into account that refugee aid measures are now supported here). Meanwhile, so-called…
Link Securities | On Monday, Iberia (IAG) chairman Javier Sánchez-Prieto warned about the implementation of asymmetric sustainable policies in Europe, which could be a drag on Spain’s tourism business, the daily Expansion reported. Specifically this could mean the loss of up to 11 million tourists and 450,000 jobs, according to Deloitte. Imposing taxes on flights within the European Union (EU) would be prejudicial for those companies which operate in the…
Renta 4 | On Monday afternoon, after the Spanish market closed, Grifols announced that Víctor Grifols had retired as non-executive chairman, after 50 years in the company, including more than 30 as CEO. In his place, the Spanish manufacturer of blood plasma-based products has appointed Steven F. Mayer as new executive chairman. Mayer has been a member of Grifols’ board for over 10 years. He also has extensive experience in…
Spain’s unemployment registered an increase of 0.6%, or 17,679 people, in September from the previous month, the Labour Ministry said on Tuesday. This was the third consecutive month of increases. However, the total unemployed in September was at the lowest level for that month since 2008, standing at 2.941 million people. Compared to a year earlier, the number of unemployed fell by 9.70% or 315,883 people in September. Bankinter analyst…
Santander’s analysts explain that the primary is practically closed. The strong market volatility has been accompanied by an almost total closure of the European primary. With only €2.3 billion in the week and with little investor appetite, as orders barely covered the nominal amount of the issue (average b/c of 1.2x). Most of the issues were of a defensive nature, being covered bonds (€750mn) and senior IG debt (€1mm), while…