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Spanish economy 22nd January 2014

Spanish Banking Sector Smiles Again Thanks to 2013 Business Results

MADRID | By Francisco López | The new season for presenting results starts this week with much better expectations than in previous years. After two years recording negative results in Spain, most market watchers consider that 2013 allowed the return to positive figures thanks to cost reductions, the increase in financial operations, the low interest margin and a lower impact on the accounts of the harsh restructuring process started in 2009.

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Spanish economy 15th January 2014

“Indeed, the worst is over in Spain…but still”

BARCELONA | By Joan Tapia| The crisis and recovery start management in Spain could be clearly improved. As a consequence, the economic confidence index stands at a gloomy 30.8 in December but have increased by 41% regarding 2012’ same month, while political sentiment is even lower at 27.1 and continues falling.

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Spanish economy 14th January 2014

Investors’ appetite for Spanish banks grow

MADRID| By Francisco López| Spain’s banking sector wholesale maturities will reach € 88,000 million in 2014 and € 72,000 million in 2015. Experts forecast that more than half will be financed via foreign markets.Only BBVA estimates to sell around € 7,000 million in bonds and covered bonds.

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Spanish economy 13th January 2014

In Spain, Credit To Businesses and Households In Free Fall

MADRID | By Luis Arroyo and Tania Suárez | Credit is still stagnant in Spain and neither companies nor families are able to access money. According to the Bank of Spain, the development of credit in the country is still falling. The conclusion is that there is an insufficient banking money supply with a still very high fall rate.

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Spanish economy 10th January 2014

JPMorgan: “Spain is Back”

NEW YORK | By Ana Fuentes | Spain is coming back stronger the playing field, according to JPMorgan. In a report titled ‘Spain is back’, released on Friday, the financial institution predicts that the Southern European economy will grow by 1 per cent on 2014, based on “encouraging” results in industrial production, exports and consumer spending and confidence.That is 0.3% more than what the Spanish Government itself expects, 0.5% more than both S&P and the European Commission forecast and 0.8% more than the IMF experts said in October.

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Spanish economy 8th January 2014

Ibex 35 Euphoric Thanks to Spanish Risk Premium’s Fall

MADRID | By Francisco López | The risk premium has moved from being a huge torment for Spanish decision-makers, to making headlines showing a recovery of the international confidence in Spain’s economy. The interest rate of the Spanish 10-year bond is at its lowest since 2009, the differential with Germany is around 190 basis points and Ibex 35 widely exceeds 10,000 points.

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Spanish economy 27th December 2013

Balance of a tourist record year for Spain

MADRID | By Francisco López| By the end of November 57.6 millions of international tourists had arrived Spain with British, German and French leading the visits. It mean a 5% increase over the same period of 2012, but domestic demand still burdens results.

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Spanish economy 24th December 2013

Banesco challenges hard Spanish banks’ market share

MADRID| By Fernando González Urbaneja| The Spanish banking industry has a very solid position and it is not easy to win market share from it. Citi, Barclays, BNP, all of them with commercial experience and financial muscle failed in the attempt. Now it is the turn of Venezuelan Banesco, which has just acquired Spanish bank NovaCaixaGalicia (NCG), stemmed from the country’s financial system restructuring and intervened by the state since October 2011, at €1.000 million.