China and Spain in Latin America: Cooperate or Compete
China is already the top lender in Latin America, while Spain is the second biggest investor in the region after the US. But joint projects there are scarce.
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The USA: a country where everything is free
Trump and the republicans are already considering a fiscal amnesty which would repatriate – with a tax rate of 10% – the 2.5 billion dollars US companies have outside the country.
OPEC Agreement Will Have To Deal With Investment Deficit, New Hydrocarbons
OPEC has finally agreed to cut production by nearly 1.2 million bpd from January and for 6 months, representing about 4.5% of global output. Now we need to ask two questions: will the cartel countries respect the agreement? What will happen with the recent investment deficit in the sector? Will it still be profitable for the big producers to extract oil?
“Spain Must Keep On Investing In Hotels, New Tourism Areas”
Germany is a country of travellers. Three out of every four people go on holiday at least once a year. And Spain is their main foreign destination: over 10 million Germans visit the country on an annual basis – spending almost 10 billion euros – running a close second to the number of UK tourists to Spain. Almost half of them travel with a package deal from TUI, world leader in the sector. Sebastian Ebel is the CEO of TUI Germany.
Is It A Good Thing For A Country Which Needs Investment To Have Financing Capacity?
J.L.M. Campuzano (Spanish Banking Association) | Spain’s economy had a funding capacity of 9.021 billion euros in the second quarter of the year, when compared with the rest of the world. But is it a good thing for a country which needs investment in order to create jobs to have financing capacity?
Europe’s Future Has More To Do With Investment Than With The ECB
The future of Europe has more to do with investment than with the ECB. In this context, the so-called Juncker Plan is especially interesting for driving investment, against a backdrop of continued uncertainty for companies. This is a note from Intermoney’s analysts.
How to reduce uncertainty and increase investment
John Bruton | The best way to avoid stagnation induced by uncertainty would be for governments in developed countries to produce comprehensive, demographically-based scenarios for the economy over the next 30 years.
Growth in China’s Fixed-Asset Investment Falls to Lowest in Over 16 Yrs
Coco Feng via Caixin | Growth in China’s fixed-asset investment from January to July slipped to 8.1 percent, the lowest year-to-date rate in over 16 years, as private companies tightened their purse strings, data from the National Statistics Bureau (NBS) released on August 12 showed.
Weak Investment in the US
There are a lot of indicators which basically show that the US economy is strong, but it’s a “weak” strength, since it has been unable to maintain average growth of 2%. A weakness I see in the US economy is investment: in the second quarter it declined, which is not a sign of strength.
Latin American Money Targets Spain
Today, the economic situation in Venezuela has greatly changed for the worse, but those who had money have held on to it and now Spain has become the destination for this private capital. The investments are usually focused on buying top quality housing, mainly in Madrid, or on acquiring stakes in a select group of businesses with reasonable returns.