According to El Periódico, “the excessive expectations that had been created about a rapid arrival of European money to the Spanish economy are colliding with bureaucracy and the lack of communication between administrations and companies”. The Ministry of Finance claims that 60.9% of the funds planned for this year have already been authorised – through the Council of Ministers and the different sectoral conferences – and that 25.5% of the…
IFM’s takeover bid for 22.7% of the capital of Naturgy (NTGY) at a price of 22.07 euros/share ended Thursday, with a level of acceptance of 10.83%. Far below the aspirations of the Australian fund. Naturgy shares rose on Thursday by 4.62% to 24.01 euros/share (a high of 24.87 euros/share) and closed on Friday at 23.25 euros/share. Today, Monday, it is still trading at 23 euros per share. Analysts suspect that…
J.P. Marín-Arrese | The Spanish government boasts that the tabled budget will benefit most citizens, from pensioners to young people, self-employed people or civil servants. It hopes targeting such groups will pay off when election time comes. The government is also pinning its re-election hopes on the bonuses it will give young people to help them find a place to live on their own and on the money for entertainment…
Fernando Rodríguez | Spanish househods held direct investments in listed equities for a balance of 131,441 million euros at the end of the first half of this year, 5.3% of their total resources dedicated to financial savings, according to the statistics of Inverco, the collective investment industry employers’ association. In the last 20 years, this percentage has fluctuated between the 10.5% maximum in 2000, and 4.5% in 2011 -with the economic crisis at its peak.
Link Securities | According to the final estimate for the figure, released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the consumer price index (CPI) in Spain rose by 0.8% in September compared with August. This brings the year-on-year growth rate to 4.0% (3.7% in August). The reading was in line with its preliminary one and with analysts’ consensus expectations. Inflation is thus at its highest level since September 2008. In September,…
As reported by Elena Ramón in the newspaper Expansión, Correos, Adif, Renfe and Paradores are extending their losses for another year. However, all of them assure they will increase revenues next year. The General State Budget for 2022 presented by the Government forecasts that Aena and Enaire will return to profit next year and join Puertos del Estado and Loterías, two entities which are resisting all setbacks. But Renfe, Adif,…
Repsol plans to build two new plants for high value-added, 100% recyclable polymeric materials for the pharmaceutical, automotive and food industries.The project has been considered by the Portuguese government as an initiative of Potential National Interest (PIN), a qualification reserved for investments that make a significant contribution to the country’s economy, and will benefit from tax incentives for investments of up to 63 million euros.
In its October World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its growth estimate for the world economy to 5.9% from 6.0% in its July estimate. For 2022, however, the IMF has kept its global growth projection unchanged at 4.9%. In its report, the IMF notes that while growth in advanced economies is largely expected to return to the pre-pandemic trend in 2022, it expects emerging and…
The financial wealth of Spanish households increased by 5.1% in the last year to stand at 214.1% of GDP. The Financial Accounts of the Spanish Economy, published by the Bank of Spain, show that consolidated corporate and household debt reached €1.673 billion in the second quarter of 2021 (144.2 % of GDP), 1.8 % above the €1.644 billion recorded a year earlier (140.5 % of GDP). The increase in the…
Banco Sabadell | The Ministry of Transition has begun the round of negotiations with the electricity companies (last week it was the turn of Endesa, Acciona and EDP and today it will be the turn of Naturgy and Iberdrola). The idea is to try to reach an agreement before next Thursday, which is when the gas Royal Decree will be ratified. Among the sector’s proposals, Iberdrola proposes supplying nuclear production at a closed long-term price to small consumers with less than 10 kW of power under the regulated tariff. A bilateral contract, in line with what France does, where the price would cover its fixed and variable costs and possible life extensions (c. 60 euros/MWh). This proposal eliminates the risk for power plants and would leave hydro and renewables free to market. The risk is that there would be a migration from the free to the regulated domestic segment (now 38%).