Spain’s IBEX 35 hits all-time high, surpassing 2007 peak
Spain’s blue-chip index IBEX 35 on Tuesday hit a new record high, surpassing its previous peak in November 2007, closing a year in which it...
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
IMF confirms Spain’s lead as fastest-growing advanced economy for two years in a row
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again identified Spain as the fastest-growing advanced economy in the world. In its latest update, the IMF revised...
Former Spanish economy minister & ex-IMF chief Rato gets 4 year jail term for tax crimes
A Madrid court has sentenced the former Spanish economy minister and ex-IMF chief Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in prison for tax crimes, money...
Sánchez defends central government’s response to Valencia floods, as aid rises to €16.6bn
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Wednesday in parliament almost €2.3 billion in further aid for the country’s flood stricken region as he defended...
Unemployment rate in Spain falls to its lowest level since 2008
The unemployment rate in Spain fell in the second quarter of 2023 to its lowest level since 2008, official data showed on Thursday, as the...
Rodrigo Rato, former head of IMF, acquitted in Bankia trial
The former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Rodrigo Rato – who was also a People’s Party (PP) finance minister and a deputy prime minister in Spain...
Spain’s GDP fell by 18.5% in second quarter, due to Covid-19 lockdown
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (26 August) Spain’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 18.5% during April-June compared to the previous three months, due to the...
Pedro Sánchez seeks cross-party ‘Moncloa Pact’ for recovery programme
Click here for today’s full report: Coronavirus in Spain (4 May) ALSO READ: Lifting of lockdown in Spain – full details of all phases Please...
Venezuela’s military ‘on alert’
Venezuela’s military has said it is on alert at its frontiers following threats by US President Donald Trump, and it has suspended air and sea links...
Rodrigo Rato points finger at Bank of Spain
Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato said Tuesday that the Bank of Spain knew all that was going on at Bankia as he testified for the...
