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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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World economy 15th September 2019

Most innovation originates from customers, not companies

 via The Conversation | The role of ordinary people in innovation is largely overlooked. A recent study in Germany asked managers and politicians to estimate the respective share of different sources of innovation – producer firms, universities and the users of products themselves – in nine different fields, including scientific instruments, medical apps and windsurfing equipment. They underestimated the share of user innovation by more than half.

The Fed balance sheet and repo facility cannot explain the stock market’s movement in isolation

World economy 12th September 2019

Risks are rising, but recession in the eurozone is not expected

Johannes Müller (DWS) | Three months ago, we warned that: “The outlook for the world economy is getting cloudier. Escalating trade tensions could trigger further downgrades.” Sadly, this has now come to pass. In several export-oriented economies, notably Germany and Japan, we had to cut our growth forecasts for both 2019 and 2020. For the U.S., we have left our 2020 forecast unchanged at 2%, but now expect just 2.3% for 2019, 0.2% less than three months ago.

Indra wins new Eurofighter contract

Ibex 11th September 2019

Indra will coordinate future European combat aircraft project

Renta 4 | Indra (IDR) has been designated as national coordinator of the FCAS programme, the future European combat  aircraft. It is the major joint European defence project so far and the most ambitious in terms of technology development.

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Ibex 11th September 2019

Amadeus increases 12.2% share value this year

José Benito de Vega | Amadeus has seen a revaluation in 2019 of 12.2% including dividends, compared to 5% for the Ibex 35 with dividends. This relatively strong performance partially compensates for the poor close to 2018, when it fell 24% in the last quarter compared to -8% for the index.

Spanish middle class shrinks since crisis

Spanish economy 11th September 2019

Spanish Middle Class Shrinks Since Crisis

CaixaBank Research | In Spain, middle class incomes fell with the crisis, although on average they suffered less than the rest of the population. However, in recent years they have only recovered part of the lost territory. With the crisis, middle class households saw their income reduced less than the rest of the population. Concretely, their income reduced 8.5% between 2008 and 2013, while lower class incomes fell 13% and upper class incomes 13.2%.

Telefónica to reduce its reliance on Huawei

Ibex 10th September 2019

Telefonica Agrees Roll Out Of LTE Network With German Operators

The four mobile operators in Germany have signed a declaration of intentions with the government and local authorities to roll out the LTE network at national level. Telefonica Germany will construct 333 new mobile installations by the end of 2021. As compensation, the government has committed itself to improve the method of payment for the 5G licences auctioned in June.

Brexit uncertainty: a drag on UK GDP in Q4 2019, Q1 2020 to improve

In Europe 10th September 2019

Hard Brexit: What Would It Mean For European Equities?

Patrik Lang, Head of Equities Research, Julius Baer | A further delay on 31 October seems currently the most likely scenario. General elections later on will decide the fate of Brexit. For continental European equities, we see a 10% downside in the event of a hard Brexit, mainly driven by financials and autos.