Bankinter | China’s central bank (PBoC) lowers the one-year interest rate to 3% from 3.10% previously. The 5-year rate is cut to 3.50% from 3.60%. Bankinter analysis team’s view: The central bank is once again taking action, with the aim of reactivating the economy. On 7 May it cut the 7-day repo rate to 1.40% from 1.50% and the reserve requirement for banks to 9.0% from 9.5%. It also announced…
CdM| The year-on-year inflation rate in the Eurozone remained stable in April at 2.2%, while in the European Union as a whole the rate moderated by one tenth of a percentage point compared to March, to 2.4% year-on-year, according to the second reading published on Monday by Eurostat and reported by Europa Press. According to data from the statistical office for the Eurozone, in April the price of energy recorded…
The Bank of Spain (BoE) published yesterday that the debt of all public administrations in Spain rose in March to €1.667 trillion. Compared to February, Spanish public debt grew by 1.3%, which represents an increase of €21.263 billion. In the last 12 months, Spanish public debt has grown in absolute terms by 3.3%, equivalent to €52.729 billion. This figure contrasts with the 2.6% growth expected for Spanish GDP by the…
Link Securities | The National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has adopted on 16 May 2025 the resolution to admit for processing the voluntary takeover bid for 100% of the shares of Grupo Catalana Occidente (GCO), considering that the prospectus and other documents presented, after the complementary documentation registered on 7/05/2025, are in accordance with the provisions of the regulation. The admission of the aforementioned application for processing does not imply…
Link Securities | Eurostat reports that, according to its first estimate of the data, the Eurozone’s trade surplus stood at €36.8 billion in March compared to €22.8 billion in March 2024. In March, exports of goods from the Eurozone to the rest of the world amounted to €279.8 billion, an increase of 13.6% year-on-year. On the other hand, imports from the rest of the world amounted to €243.0 billion, an…
Bankinter | Moody’s downgrades the US credit rating to Aa1 (Stable) from Aaa (Negative). According to the agency, it “reflects the increase over more than a decade in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels significantly above those of countries with similar ratings”. Analysis team’s view: It is the last of the three rating agencies to cut the triple-A; Fitch and S&P were already at AA+ Stable. S&P did…
According to figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the sale of homes increased in March by 40.6% year-on-year, totalling 62,808 transactions. This represents the highest figure for this month since 2007, when over 74,000 sales were recorded. The sale of homes has now seen nine consecutive months of year-on-year increases. The year-on-year increase in home sales in March was a consequence of the rebound in transactions involving both…
Bankinter | Passenger numbers accelerate to 6.3% in April (year-on-year) compared to 4.2% previously, supported by the ‘Easter effect’. Aena airports recorded 27.2 million passengers in April. This represents an increase of 6.3% year-on-year, compared to 4.2% in the previous month. This brings the cumulative increase for the year to date to 5.2%, compared to 4.7% previously. Bankinter analysis team’s opinion: Good news for Aena. Airport traffic continues to break…
Renta 4 | According to press reports, the Basque consortium formed by Sidenor, the Basque government and the BBK and Vital foundations has not formalised its entry into Talgo’s capital within the deadline set, opening a one-month extension to close the deal. The main problem is obtaining financing to structure the operation since Renfe imposed a €116 million fine on Talgo for delays in the delivery of AVRIL trains. The…
Norbolsa | Republicans introduce the fiscal plan in Congress, which includes the tax cuts promised by Trump during his campaign (making the tax cuts from the first term permanent; tax exemptions for tips, overtime, private education payments, pensions and local tax cuts). No estimate of the cost (revenue shortfall from the plan) has been provided, which they hope to offset with cuts to the Medicaid healthcare programme, other spending cuts…