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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.

European economy 16th April 2025

EU plans to revive US gas purchases, looking for ways to aggregate demand

Link Securities | The European Union (EU) plans to revive its bid to buy more US gas, betting that US President Donald Trump is more open to negotiate after temporarily suspending the tariffs from taking effect, POLITICO reported on Monday. The bloc plans to resume talks on increased purchases of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) and will offer specific proposals to address Trump’s position on transatlantic trade, three European officials…

Spanish economy 16th April 2025

Washington Asks Spain to spend more on Military and Eliminate ‘Google Tax’

The Spanish and US governments held their first high-level meeting yesterday, Tuesday, after Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20th. Carlos Cuerpo, the Spanish Minister of Economy, visited Scott Bessent, the US Secretary of the Treasury, in Washington just days after Pedro Sánchez met with Xi Jinping in Beijing. According to the rhetoric of the new US administration, Spain is a problem because it is the NATO…

World economy 16th April 2025

OPEC cuts global oil demand estimate and now forecasts growth of 1.3 Mbd in 2025 and 1.28 in 2026

Bankinter | OPEC cut its estimate for global oil demand. It justified its decision on the impact on the economy of tariffs and the information received in Q1. They estimate that demand will increase by 1.3 mbd in 2025 and 1.28 mbd in 2026, in both cases a reduction of 0.150 mbd compared to the previous estimate. This increase represents about 1.2% of global supply each year. In parallel, it…

In Spain 16th April 2025

Masorange awards Sopelana-Irún undersea cable connection in Basque Country to Chinese company ZTE

Alphavalue / Divacons | The Spanish telecommunications company has awarded ZTE, the Chinese telecommunications network manufacturer, a project to build a fibre optic line in the Basque Country, connecting Sopelana (Biscay), where transatlantic submarine cables arrive, with the French border in Irún. The new infrastructure will provide an alternative or diversified route between northern Spain and France. This deployment will allow technology companies, which provide Internet services, data centres, streaming…

World politics 15th April 2025

UNWTO forecasts record 1.6 billion global travellers in 2025 and 2.4 billion in 2040; Buy Meliã, P.O from €9.5 to €9

Deutsche Bank | Between 1975 and 2019, the number of annual global travellers nearly doubled every 15 years. The Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 was the biggest crisis the industry had ever faced, reducing tourist numbers to almost a quarter of 2019’s record level of 1.46 billion. However, in 2024, the tourism sector almost fully recovered, reaching 1.45 billion travellers (only 1% less than in 2019), and returning to its growth…

In Spain 15th April 2025

Iberdrola breaks records for distributed electricity with 62,577 GWh in Q1 2025, and renewable generation of 25,222 GWh

Link Securities | Between January and March, the energy company has beaten its historical figures for electricity distributed through its networks in Q1 2025, with 62,577 GWh, 1.7% more than in the same period of 2024, as reported by the company to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). This good operational performance of the networks business is based on the increase in electricity demand in all the areas where the…

In Europe 15th April 2025

Germany to grow 0.1% in 2025 from 0.8% expected in September, German economic institutes say

Norbolsa | German economic institutes last week downgraded growth expectations for the German economy to 0.1% in 2025 from 0.8% expected in September, when considering Trump’s tariffs on steel, aluminium and cars. The tariffs announced on April 2, but suspended on Wednesday, could further drain the German economy and lead to a third consecutive year of contraction, the institutes said, although they did not include them in their economic projections….

Spanish economy 15th April 2025

“Effective unemployment has only decreased by 72,000 people since 2019” according to FEDEA

FEDEA, the Foundation for Applied Economics Studies, published a new document yesterday in which its director, Angel de la Fuente, points out that “The improvement recorded between 2019 and 2023 or 2024 is considerably smaller in the case of effective unemployment than in registered unemployment. Comparing December 2024 with December 2019, for example, registered unemployment has decreased by just over 600,000 people, while effective unemployment has only decreased by 72,000.”…

In the World 15th April 2025

Repsol now producing electricity at its largest wind farm in Chile

Repsol is now producing electricity at Antofagasta Phase 1, its largest wind farm to date and one of the largest in Chile. Located in the Taltal commune, in the Antofagasta region, it has a total installed capacity of 364 MW. Construction of Phase 2, with a capacity of 450 MW, will begin shortly, the energy company reports. With an investment of nearly €400 million, Antofagasta Phase 1, which will become…

Spanish economy 14th April 2025

Fitch maintains Spain’s rating at A-, positive outlook and estimates GDP at +2.5% this year driven by domestic demand

Bankinter | Standard & Poor’s revises Italy’s rating upwards to BBB+ from BBB, stable outlook. The agency highlights the improvement in public finances and estimates a progressive reduction of the deficit in the coming years. Specifically, it anticipates that it will stand at 3.4% this year (compared to 7.2% in 2023) and that it will fall below 3.0% in 2027. It also anticipates a gradual improvement in economic growth. It…

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