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In Spain, Spanish economy 19th November 2025

Number of house sales in Spain rises 3.8% year-on-year in September to 63,794 transactions

Link Securities | According to data from the Property Rights Transfer Statistics (ETDP) published by the National Statistics Institute (INE), in September the number of home sales in Spain increased by 3.8% year-on-year to 63,794 transactions, the highest figure for a month of September since the series began in 2007. Thus, up to September (9M2025), the number of home sales transactions has accumulated a year-on-year growth of 14.4%. It should…

European economy, In Europe 14th November 2025

Eurozone Industrial production grows 1.2% year-on-year in September due to dependence on external sector

Bankinter | Industrial production in Eurozone countries grew less than expected in September: 1.2% year-on-year versus 2.1% expected and 1.2% previously (revised from 1.1%). In month-on-month terms, 0.2% versus 0.7% versus a drop of 1.1% (revised from 1.2%). By country, Germany continues to slow down its growth (down 0.8%). Analysis team’s view: Industrial production, which is highly dependent on the foreign sector, continues to be affected by US tariffs and…

In the World 19th November 2025

ADP reports weekly job loss in US of 2,500 people in four weeks ending 1 November

Bankinter | On Tuesday, the ADP published an average weekly job loss of 2,500 people in the four weeks ending 1 November. These figures suggest that the labour market lost some momentum at the end of October, although the pace of job losses moderated in early November. Bankinter analysis team’s view: Negative data reflecting a slowdown in the labour market, although slightly improved from 11,250 people (weekly average) in the…

“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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