Business News & Financial News

In Spain 10th April 2026

Spanish households’ net wealth rises by 11% in 2025 and debt-to-GDP ratio falls to its lowest level since 1999

CdM | Household net financial wealth stood at €2.645 trillion (156.8% of GDP) at the end of 2025, representing an 11% year-on-year increase, according to the ‘Financial Accounts of the Spanish Economy’ published by the Bank of Spain. Meanwhile, household debt rose to €723 billion, up from €696 billion in 2024. However, in relative terms to GDP, it fell to 42.8%, the lowest level since the end of 1999. As…

In Europe 30th March 2026

GfK consumer confidence index in Germany falls sharply in April to -28.0 points, compared to -24.8 in March

Singular Bank | In April, the GfK consumer confidence index in Germany fell significantly to -28.0 points (against -24.8 points in March), exceeding the decline projected by the consensus of analysts (-27.3). This development is explained by rising uncertainty and inflation expectations in the face of surging energy and other commodity prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East. The most notable change was the sharp rise in price…

In the World 10th April 2026

US economy growing at slower-than-expected rate, PCE moderates by 0.1 percentage points, as expected

Bankinter | The US economy is growing at a slower-than-expected rate and the PCE has moderated by 0.1 percentage points, as expected. US GDP for Q4 2025 was revised downwards to 0.5% quarter-on-quarter annualised, below the expected 0.7% and the initial estimate, with private consumption slowing to 1.9% versus the expected 2% and investment falling to 2.3% versus the expected 3.3%. In year-on-year terms, growth remains at 2.0% year-on-year, in…

“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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