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Spain Hails Lowest Unemployment Rate In 16 Years

February 1, 2025 Madrid Metropolitan spain economy

Official figures released this week show that the unemployment in Spain fell last year to its lowest level since the

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Madrid Climbs Rankings To Top Investment City After London

December 11, 2024December 11, 2024 Madrid Metropolitan Business, madrid news, spain economy

Madrid has climbed to second place in the rankings of Europe’s most attractive cities for investment in 2025, according to

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Government Removes Olive Oil VAT To Boost Sales

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 Madrid Metropolitan Business, Food, spain economy

Spain is attempting to come to the aid of its beleaguered olive oil industry by removing all VAT on the

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BBVA Bid To Become Banking Powerhouse Comes Under Fire

May 10, 2024May 9, 2024 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

Spain’s second-largest bank, Madrid based, BBVA announced today a 12.23 billion euro hostile takeover bid for smaller rival Banco Sabadell

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Spanish Economy Beats Expectations – Just

April 1, 2024 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy

Spain’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.5% in 2023 according the latest figures from the INE state statistics agency,

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Spain´s Unemployment Lowest Since 2007 But Still Highest In EU

January 5, 2024January 8, 2024 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

Unemployment in Spain has reached its lowest level since 2007, having fallen by 130,000 people (4.59%) since a year ago

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Madrid Leads The Way In Spanish Job Recovery

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Madrid Metropolitan spain economy, spain news

The Madrid region is leading Spain in job recovery according to the latest unemployment figures released today, Tuesday 3rd January.

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Spanish Government Announces Small Business Credit Line

May 17, 2022 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news, ukraine

The Spanish Cabinet has approved the first tranche of a line of guarantees for self-employed workers and small companies with

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“Intense Uncertainty” Causes Spanish Economy To Stall

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, ukraine

The Spanish government has lowered its GDP growth forecast due to the impact of the war in Ukraine. According to

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Government Announces Emergency Aid To Tackle Energy & Fuel Inflation

March 29, 2022 Madrid Metropolitan spain economy, spain news, ukraine

The Spanish government has unveiled a package of emergency economic measures worth 6 billion euros in direct aid and 10

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Banco Santander 8 Billion Euro Profit Bounceback

February 5, 2022 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

Spanish mega bank, Banco Santander has announced a post pandemic bounce back recovery, posting a 8.1 billion Euro profit for

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Spanish Economy Continues Recovery As Unemployment Drops

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy

The latest figures from the Spanish statistical agency INE show that the Spanish economy continued to recover in the final quarter of

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Spain Set For Slow Lane As Truckers Plan Christmas Strike

November 15, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

Spain’s national haulage association announced last week a three day lorry strike which if goes ahead is likely to lead

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Spain Recovers 70% of 2019 Air Capacity

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan SPAIN COVID NEWS, spain economy, spain news

The Spanish tourist industry is breathing a sigh of relief as the numbers of tourist arrivals enjoys a late summer

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Spain Increases Toll Free Motorway System

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan spain economy, spain news

Travelling around Spain will become significantly cheaper from the 1st September as nearly 500km of previous toll motorways become free

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Bank Of Spain Sees More Light As Ursula Flies In With EU Funds

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

The Bank Of Spain has released its latest report on the country’s economic outlook, which shows a slight improvement on

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Covid Adds To El Corte Ingles Woes

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

Spain’s largest department store chain, El Corte Ingles reported record losses of €2.9bn for the trading period from March 2020

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Sanchez Calls “Great National Dialogue” In “España 2050” Modernisation Plan

May 24, 2021May 25, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has enveiled España 2050, the most ambitious modernisation plan in recent Spanish history. The

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Storm Filomena To Blame For First Quarter Economic Contraction

May 1, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

The latest figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) show a contraction of 0.5% in the Spanish economy for the

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Sanchez Hails “Generational Opportunity” As European Funding Set For Spain

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan spain economy, spain news

The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has announced an ambitious modernisation plan to go in tandem with the European Union´s

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Spain´s Abandoned Youth – Low Salaries & Poor Prospects

April 2, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan spain economy, spain news

Spain´s youth umemployment remains critically high,  with no solution in sight,according to the latest data released by Encuesta de Población

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OECD Forecasts Further Improvement In Spain´s 2021 Recovery

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

The latest report by the OECD paints a rosier picture for the global economy with improved prospects for most of

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Spain´s Unemployed & Furlough Numbers Rise To New Levels

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

The number of people unemployed in Spain is now just over 4 million people representing 17% of the workforce according

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Bank Of Spain Shows Historic National Debt Surge

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news, spanish economy

The Bank of Spain has released it´s latest figures for Spain’s national debt showing a record increase of just under 122.5

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Government To Bail Out Hotels And Restaurant Sector

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan Business, spain economy, spain news

The Spanish Deputy Prime Minister, Nadia Calviño, has indicated that the government will start to provide direct financial assistance to

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European Union Economic Forecasts “Light At The End Of The Tunnel”

February 12, 2021February 13, 2021 Madrid Metropolitan Business, madrid news, spain economy, spain news, spanish news

The European Commission has released its Winter 2021 Forecast, which show improved prospects for the block and with higher than

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Spanish Restaurant Sector Decimated In 2020

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Madrid Metropolitan Business, SPAIN COVID NEWS, spain economy, spain news

A staple part of Spanish economy and society is finishing the annus horibilis of 2020 with shocking figures illustrating how

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BBVA And Sabadell Banks In “Possible Merger” Talks

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Madrid Metropolitan Business, madrid news, spain economy, spain news

Following the announcement in the United States of the sale of Spanish bank  BBVA’s US retail operations it has also

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