Business News & Financial News

In Spain 16th January 2026

Sánchez runs out of narrative; he neither governs nor stops Vox

Aurelio Medel (5Días) | The Prime Minister lacks the support to tackle serious problems (such as housing), and the far right is the primary beneficiary of this inaction. Every week, the Government proposes new regulations, marketing them as solutions to real problems of varying urgency and complexity, but they ultimately come to nothing. This past week, it was the regional financing reform (rejected even by regions governed by the PSOE)…

In Europe 8th January 2026

Eurozone unemployment rate falls slightly to 6.3% in November

CdM | The unemployment rate fell slightly in November in the Eurozone, to 6.3%, one tenth below the previous month’s figure, but one tenth higher than the previous year’s figure, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU). Across the EU, the unemployment rate stood at 6% in November, stable compared to October and higher than the 5.8% recorded in the same month in 2024. Compared to…

In the World 14th January 2026

US inflation remains at 2.7% and core inflation surprises on upside at 2.6%

Bankinter | December inflation was in line with expectations. Core inflation surprised on the upside. Positive reading. CPI remained at 2.7%, as expected. Core inflation, which excludes the most volatile elements of the indicator (fresh food and energy), surprised on the upside, remaining at 2.6% (versus 2.7% expected). By component, petrol was the item that recorded the largest fall within the indicator (a drop of 3.4% year-on-year), while food (up3.1%)…

“We need to approach negotiations with the U.S. on terms that are completely different from those currently being proposed”

Says Antonio Bonet, president of the Club of Spanish Exporters and Investors. He points out that “Europe has a single tariff applied by all member states, but the U.S. applies a tariff to each country, meaning it can decide that the tariff applied to Spanish black olives is higher than that for Italian olives, as it did at one point. So there is a part of the negotiation between Europe…

“Fifteen years ago, the European economy was larger than that of the U.S. Today, the U.S. economy is one and a half times that of Europe”

“It is a shame that we are able to mobilize economic resources for large-scale projects abroad, but not in our Spanish market”

In an interview with Consejeros magazine, Sacyr’s coordinating advisor, Elena Jiménez de Andrade, explains that now “We have great capacity to win projects, a capacity that until now contrasted with a series of financial limitations and balance sheet size. However, in this strategic cycle, we are going to eliminate those barriers. That is why we have set an ambitious goal for 2033: to triple the value of our assets. We…

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