Airlines Raise Seating Capacity To Spain This Summer By 8.7%
Aena has said that the airlines have increased their seating capacity in planes heading for Spanish airports this summer to 204,7 million, a rise of 8.7% from a year ago.
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Spanish Energy: Lots Of Capacity, Not Many Outlets
Mari Pinardo | Spain has the capacity to produce much more electric energy than we can consume. On average we use 35,000 megawats and have 100,000 installed. So why is our electricity bill higher than our European partners?
The Peripheral Countries’ Debt Moves To The Political Beat
The Eurozone is showing positive signs of growth and inflation. But the risk premium levels of the peripheral countries are still very high compared with those at the start of this year. In the short-term, they will move to the political beat, particularly any news on the French election.
EU on right path to achieve 2020 renewables target
Dániel Stemler | According to Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, the union is on track to meet its 2020 renewables target. Spain’s share of renewables in gross final consumption of energy is 16.2% share, so only 3.8% of its 20% target.
Brexit And The Spanish Conundrum
Of all the problems thrown up by Brexit, one of most emotionally charged is the impact it will have on foreigners living in the UK and British citizens living abroad. The other evening in Madrid at a forum on the implications of Brexit, I got a glimpse of the strength of feeling that it generates among the British community in Spain (estimated at around 300,000) and the Spanish community in the UK believed to be around 200,000.
“Spanish Companies Have To Make An Effort To Generate Quality Jobs”
Companies have to make an effort to generate quality jobs so the recovery in confidence and consumption ends up being consolidated, says Mutua Madrileña chairman Ignacio Garralda.
Is it possible for Spain to imitate Germany in a closed Europe?
Spain can’t imitate Germany in a context in which Europe is a closed zone where countries export to each other. And Spain is unlikely to become another Germany because the Spanish production model is still based on low productivity.
Brussels gives Spain a rap on the knuckles for its high public debt
The European Commission has published its evaluation of the progress made by different countries towards their economic and social priorities. The report highlights that the Spanish economy is growing at a good pace and is gradually correcting its weaknesses. But there continue to be huge imbalances, like still high unemployment and the high levels of both public and private debt.
Get A Robo Advisor On Board To Help With Your Investment Decisions
Fernando Rodríguez | Robo advisors will move $2.2 billion in the US in 2020, with annual growth of 68%, according to the consultancy firm A.T.Kearney. And companies like Feelcapital, Indexa, Finizens and TechRules are boosting this business in Spain.
“Spanish industry does very little to promote a dual training system adaptable to the needs of today”
“…One of the reasons for the high level of youth unemployment in Spain has to do with the fact that companies hardly get involved in the dual training system,” explains Hermann Simon the chairman of Simon-Kucher, the preferred consultancy firm of the “hidden champions,” those German mid-cap companies which compete globally. “Spain’s level of innovation is very weak…the whole country cannot live just off tourism services.”