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In Spain 5th January 2026

Unemployment in Spain falls by 16,291 in December, leaving 2,408,670 jobless

Registered unemployment fell by 16,291 people in December, a 0.7% decrease compared to November. Meanwhile, Social Security affiliation rose by 19,180 workers—a moderate increase for a month that usually sees some of the year’s largest gains due to the Christmas season. With these figures, the total number of unemployed people stood at 2,408,670, while the number of contributors reached 21,844,414. The drop in unemployment in December was primarily driven by…

In Europe 5th January 2026

M3 monetary aggregate rises 3% year-on-year in Eurozone in November

Link Securities | According to the ECB, the M3 monetary aggregate rose 3.0% year-on-year in November in the Eurozone, accelerating from 2.8% in October and exceeding the consensus forecast of FactSet analysts, who had expected a 2.7% increase for the month. In November, credit granted to households by euro area institutions rose by 2.9% year-on-year (the highest rate since March 2023) from 2.8% in October. Meanwhile, loans to non-financial corporations…

In the World 31st December 2025

Fed minutes reflect wide division among board members amid above-target inflation

Bankinter | Fed minutes reflected a wide division among board members. They correspond to the meeting held on 9-10 December and acknowledge a wide-ranging internal debate regarding the decision to cut rates. A few board members who had supported the cut acknowledged that they could also have supported the option of maintaining rates, given the various risks facing the economy. Specifically, six of them could have opposed the cut, although…

“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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