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Spanish economy 12th October 2021

The Spanish Wine Sector, A Symbol Of Tradition And A World Benchmark

Sergio Díaz (CaixaBank Research) | The wine sector plays a fundamental role in our country, not only in economic terms, due to its contribution to activity, employment and exports, but also because of the wide extension of its cultivation and its territorial roots, which makes it a driving force for environmental conservation and rural development. Spain is the world’s second largest exporter of wine by volume and the third largest by value, although in recent years we have seen greater penetration in North America and Asia, markets that buy wine of higher value. After the COVID-19 crisis, wineries and cooperatives must face important medium-term challenges.

Spanish economy 11th October 2021

Spaniards In Severe Poverty Rises From 4 Million To 6 Million

In Spain, four million people were living in severe poverty in 2018. Now there are more than six million. According to the Caritas and Foessa Foundation report, the impact of the pandemic is “devastating” and more than 11 million people now live in a situation of “social exclusion”. By contrast, the number of households without such problems, which totalled 49.3% in 2018, has declined to 41.2%. “There has been a…

Spanish economy 11th October 2021

The Ministry of Inclusion Takes The Largest Share Of The General State Budget for 2022, With €33.3478 Bn

Last week, the Council of Ministers approved the General State Budget Bill 2022. Total Expenditure amounts to 458.97 billion euros (+0.6% YoY or +2.897 billion euros). Social Spending amounts to 248.391 billion euros (+3.6% YoY). For this reason, the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration will receive the largest share of the budget for 2022, with €33.478 billion, taking into account that it includes the transfer of €18.396 billion…

Spanish economy 10th October 2021

Spain: More Than 700,000 SMEs Have Liquidity Problems

Pavel Gómez del Castillo (Crédito y Caución) | Some 26% of Spanish small and medium-sized enterprises are experiencing liquidity problems. That is what emerges from the September barometer of the General Council of Associations of Administrative Managers of Spain. According to the study, 27% of SMEs admit they have clients in arrears, 13% are not paying their creditors and 10% have defaulted with their financial institutions.Barely 23% of SMEs have…

Spanish economy 8th October 2021

Pedro Sánchez: To Govern Is To Spend

To govern is to spend. Although the end result, as Zapatero’s experience shows, leads to losing elections in a spectacular fashion, the temptation is irresistible. Zapatero handed out cheques with debt at 60% of GDP. Sánchez is doing it with levels of 140%. May Saint Rita look after his eyesight!

Spanish economy 8th October 2021

Spanish Banks’ Yield In Q2’21 Led The Eurozone At 11.49% YoY, While Solvency Was At The Bottom With A CET1 Ratio Of 13.06%

The return on equity (RoE) of Spanish banks in the second quarter of 2021 was the highest in the euro area at 11.49% annualised, according to the ECB Thus, the profitability of Spanish banks was well above the average of 6.92% annualised for the aggregate of the 114 banks directly supervised by the central bank, of which eleven are Spanish institutions. At the opposite end of the spectrum to Spanish banks, Greek banks recorded an annualised RoE of -34.28%.

Spanish economy 7th October 2021

Increasing Scarcity

J.P. Marín-Arrese explains in the daily Expansión that “A little over a hundred years ago, a conservative parliament validated the Bugallal decree. It froze rents, extended their validity for life and established serious obstacles to evictions, in order to stop a tenants’ strike. Compared to that measure, the one today being forged under pressure from the purple wing of the government (Podemos) pales in comparison due to its lukewarmness. The…

Spanish economy 7th October 2021

The Government Includes Rental Limits In New Housing Law: Large Owners To Cut Prices In “Stressed Areas”

The Spanish government has unblocked the approval of the 2022 Budget through an agreement between the two coalition parties, PSOE and Podemos, on a new Housing Law that would intervene in rental prices. Although the formulation of the text that will be sent to Parliament is not yet known, among its main points will be the obligation for large owners – companies with more than 10 homes – to reduce rental prices in those areas defined as stressed on the basis of the reference price index of the Ministry of Transport. For their part, small holders will have to maintain prices, although they will be eligible for income tax benefits of up to 90% of the reductions they decide to make. the enforcement of these measures will depend on the autonomous communities and municipalities.

Spanish economy 6th October 2021

Wallbox, The First Spanish Unicorn To Go Public On The NYSE, Hits A Valuation Of €1.263 Bn and a 6.6% rise

The Spanish startup, specialising in electric vehicle charging and energy management solutions, is now listed on Wall Street following its merger with SPAC Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp II. The company ended the session with a valuation of 1,537 million dollars (about 1,263 million euros). In the opinion of Bankinter’s research team, “the outlook for the sector, the guidance presented, its alliances with suppliers of photovoltaic systems such as Sunpower and Otovo and the disruptive products offered by Wallbox make the company an interesting option in the area of mobility and energy transition”.

Spanish economy 5th October 2021

Chaos In The Spanish Electricity Sector

The Spanish government has entered the electricity sector like a bull in a china shop. On the wholesale market the price of energy continues to reach record highs day after day. Meanwhile the Expansión newspaper reports that last weekend, for the first time in history, several wind farms and photovoltaic plants preferred to shut down rather than sell electricity at a loss. According to the daily 5 Días, more than…