how do i get back my ex girlfriend By Luis Arroyo, in Madrid | Changing the goal posts… Again, Brussels rectified. The euro finance ministers Ecofin made this morning the decision of not waiting until 2013 to release at least part of the capital aid package. A third of the total sum of €100 billion will be available in July. The connotations of this change of mind, though, go beyond…
By CaixaBank research team, in Barcelona | Tensions in Europe’s sovereign debt markets have grown again, especially in the so-called peripheral economies. Increasing rumours regarding Greek’s possible exit from the euro area have played a significant part. In Spain, this escalation has been sharpened by further capital requirements for banks and the increasingly widespread doubts as to whether the fiscal deficit targets will be met, particularly after the upward revision…
The implications of recent developments in Catalonia's export activity are bound to agitate the political scene of the region more than its economic stand, which remains at a deficit of around €15 billion. According to the statistics institute of the autonomous government, the Generalitat, Catalan exports to non-Spanish markets in 2011 were higher for the first time than those to Spain: the regional department for the Economy said the international trade percentage…
By Tania Suárez, in Madrid | German and British banks are trying to woo the economic elite of the Spanish society, “la crème de la crème” of wealthy Spaniards. Or, in plain English: the ones with the big bucks. The uncertainty over the Spanish future is making the depositors nervous, and banks from the UK and Germany are trying to take advantage. According to this article of the online daily El Confidencial Digital, foreign…
The electricity bill in Spain rose by 3.95 percent on July 1, as a consequence of a transfer of higher generation costs. The natural gas bill went up, too, by 2.26 percent. But demand in both cases fell last month, by -1.8 percent and -1.8 percent, respectively.
MADRID | University students in Spain who fail more than half of the subjects they enrolled for will have to return the full amount of their awarded scholarship. A royal decree that sets the thresholds of income and family assets and the amounts of grants and financial support for the 2012-2013 academic year came into effect Monday after its approval by the Spanish cabinet. Before the changes, it was required that…
By www.valenciaplaza.com | The Spanish industry of capital goods (machinery and equipment that integrates the production process) increased by 1% its turnover in 2011 to €39 billion. The sector has some 2,000 companies, the vast majority of which are small and medium-sized firms. According to the National Association of Manufacturers of Capital Goods (Sercobe) last year, SMEs increased their revenues in €404 million to €26.13 billion, with a growth rate of 1.5% compared to…
free credit help online By Julia Pastor, in Madrid | The Spanish minister for the Economy Luis de Guindos finally released Monday the letter addressed to the Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker with the aim of officially requiring financial assistance to recapitalise troubled national banks. His words have taken the front pages of all the Spanish media. According to Europa Press, the letter begins with this paragraph: “I have the honour…
MADRID | Estimates from consultants Oliver Wyman and Roland Berger show Spanish banks would need capital up to a maximum figure of €62 billion to offset a stressed scenario. The results of the €2-million independent evaluation of the sector were reported in a joint press conference by the deputy governor of the Bank of Spain Fernando Restoy, and secretary of State for more the Economy Fernando Jiménez Latorre. These sums derived…
By Álvaro Mohorte, in Valencia | www.valenciaplaza.com | Spanish banks have had enough of bricks and mortar, and urgently need to sell properties. Up until now, prices of many of the properties coming from developers as well as individuals have been kept over the market’s in order to protect the entitities’ balances, but requirements of further provisions have forced a strategy change. The goal is to get rid of thousands of flats, apartments…