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In Spain, Spanish economy 1st December 2025

Spanish manufacturing sector extends growth, but at slightly slower pace

CdM | The Spanish manufacturing sector extended its growth trajectory in November, albeit at a slightly slower pace, according to the PMI index. Therefore, ‘Spain appears to be converging with the dynamics of the eurozone as a whole’. Specifically, the seasonally adjusted PMI index for the Spanish manufacturing sector stood at 51.5 in November. This figure was lower than the 52.1 recorded in October and therefore indicates a slower pace…

European economy, In Europe 28th November 2025

Eurozone confidence indicators improve in November, except for industry

Singular Bank | According to the European Commission, in the final reading for November, the Eurozone Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) rose slightly by 0.2 points to 97.0 points. This development was driven by a notable increase in confidence in the services, construction and retail sectors. In contrast, there was a notable decline in economic sentiment in the industrial sector. Meanwhile, employment expectations in the European monetary bloc rebounded to 97.8…

In the World 1st December 2025

Black Friday online sales increase 9.1% to $11.8 billion, according to Adobe Analytics

Bankinter | Black Friday online sales increase by 9.1% to $11.8 billion, according to Adobe Analytics. – According to Mastercard, 10.4%. AI-induced sales 805%. Companies such as Walmart (Sparky) and Amazon (Rufus) have launched AI search tools this year that facilitate a faster and more guided product selection process. Salesforce estimates that AI has generated global online sales of $14.2 billion (£12.6 billion) ($3 billion in the US, 25% of…

“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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