https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's borrowing costs on international bond markets soared at the start of trading on Monday amid fears of contagion over the Greek crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20150629/spains-bonds-tumble-amid-contagion-concern Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:09:46 +0200 spains-bonds-tumble-amid-contagion-concern The yield on Spanish, Italian and German 10-year government bonds fell to new record lows on Tuesday, the day after the ECB began a massive bond-buying programme to ward off deflation in the eurozone. https://www.thelocal.es/20150310/spanish-government-bond-yields-hit-record-lows Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:34:39 +0100 spanish-government-bond-yields-hit-record-lows Updated: Spain failed on Thursday to achieve its maximum target in a sale of 10- and 15-year bonds and paid higher rates, sparking fear in the bond and stock markets, with Spain's Ibex down as far as 4.4 percent on fears of a new recession in Europe before rising again to close the day 2 percent down. https://www.thelocal.es/20141016/spanish-bond-sale-shortfall-sparks-fear Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:44:00 +0200 spanish-bond-sale-shortfall-sparks-fear Spain's public debt ratio will top the symbolic level of 100 percent of national output next year, well above European Union guidelines, before it starts dropping in 2017, the government's 2015 budget proposal showed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141001/spain-public-debt-to-hit-100-percent-budget-gdp-economy Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:37:00 +0200 spain-public-debt-to-hit-100-percent-budget-gdp-economy Standard and Poor's on Friday upgraded Spain's credit rating a notch to 'BBB' from 'BBB-', saying structural reforms have improved economic growth and outlook. https://www.thelocal.es/20140523/standard-and-poors-boosts-spains-credit-rating-debt Fri, 23 May 2014 11:07:00 +0200 standard-and-poors-boosts-spains-credit-rating-debt Spain's long-term borrowing costs fell on Thursday in its first bond sale of the year, the central bank said, amid signs of financial strengthening in crisis-hit eurozone economies. https://www.thelocal.es/20140109/spains-borrowing-costs-hit-five-year-low Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:18:00 +0100 spains-borrowing-costs-hit-five-year-low Borrowing rates for Spain and Italy dipped below 4.0 percent on Thursday in a comforting new year start for countries whose economies are still considered the eurozone's weakest links. https://www.thelocal.es/20140102/spain-and-italy-see-borrowing-rates-ease Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:49:00 +0100 spain-and-italy-see-borrowing-rates-ease Spain announced on Tuesday it had completed its programme aimed at raising €121 billion ($164 billion) from the debt markets to finance the state in 2013. https://www.thelocal.es/20131126/spain-hits-2013-debt-market-targets Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:05:55 +0100 spain-hits-2013-debt-market-targets Spain auctioned bonds at lower costs on Thursday with the country's 10-year borrowing costs falling to the lowest level in three years in a further sign of growing investor confidence in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20131003/borrowing-costs-sink-as-investor-confidence-rises Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:24:22 +0200 borrowing-costs-sink-as-investor-confidence-rises Spain's medium- and long-term borrowing costs eased in a bond sale on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve surprised markets by leaving its huge monetary stimulus in place. https://www.thelocal.es/20130919/borrowing-costs-ease-as-fed-fails-to-scrap-stimulus Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:27:00 +0200 borrowing-costs-ease-as-fed-fails-to-scrap-stimulus Spain's long-term borrowing costs eased on Thursday in a bond sale, authorities said, a further sign of strengthening confidence in the country as it hopes to crawl out of recession. https://www.thelocal.es/20130905/borrowing-costs-drop-in-spanish-bond-bonanza Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:00:43 +0200 borrowing-costs-drop-in-spanish-bond-bonanza Spain's medium-term borrowing costs rose in a debt auction on Thursday amid concern over political turmoil in neighbouring Portugal. https://www.thelocal.es/20130704/spain-pays-price-for-portuguese-political-storm Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:34:00 +0200 spain-pays-price-for-portuguese-political-storm Moody's credit rating agency has downgraded three nationalised Spanish banking groups, sending their debt deeper into junk bond territory on fears that private investors may get burned in case of trouble. https://www.thelocal.es/20130703/downgrade-deepens-debt-misery-for-spanish-banks Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:26:00 +0200 downgrade-deepens-debt-misery-for-spanish-banks Spanish short-term borrowing costs rose sharply on Tuesday, reflecting market concerns over China and over US monetary policy which Spain's finance minister said posed a risk to its economic recovery. https://www.thelocal.es/20130625/borrowing-costs-rise-on-back-of-china-growth-fear Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:36:29 +0200 borrowing-costs-rise-on-back-of-china-growth-fear Spain, the eurozone's fourth-largest economy, started to emerge from recession during the second quarter, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos asserted on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130619/economy-minister-touts-closer-to-zero-growth Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:17:00 +0200 economy-minister-touts-closer-to-zero-growth The US credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's has predicted a weak economic recovery for Spain in 2014 but is sounding the alarm on the country's high foreign debt levels. https://www.thelocal.es/20130614/key-credit-agency-talks-down-spanish-recovery Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:48:33 +0200 key-credit-agency-talks-down-spanish-recovery Borrowing costs for Spain eased as it raised €4.047 billion in short-term debt on Tuesday, a sign of further-strengthening market confidence in the crisis-hit country. https://www.thelocal.es/20130514/spains-borrowing-costs-fall-on-short-term-bonds Tue, 14 May 2013 14:59:00 +0200 spains-borrowing-costs-fall-on-short-term-bonds Spain raised €4.714 billion ($6.189 billion) via the sale of medium- and long-term bonds on Thursday at lower interest rates, a sign of improved investor sentiment regarding the country's ability to manage its finances. https://www.thelocal.es/20130418/spain-raises-4-7-bn-in-bond-auction-at-lower-rates Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:14:00 +0200 spain-raises-4-7-bn-in-bond-auction-at-lower-rates Spain raised €4.3 billion ($5.5 billion) of medium and long-term bonds Thursday, more than it had targeted, at lower interest rates, despite market concerns over the financial crisis in Cyprus and the political stalemate in Italy. https://www.thelocal.es/20130404/spanish-treasury-receives-bond-auction-boost Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:46:00 +0200 spanish-treasury-receives-bond-auction-boost Spain's borrowing costs dipped in a bond auction on Thursday, easing concerns that a feared banking meltdown in Cyprus could scare investors away from other troubled eurozone states. https://www.thelocal.es/20130321/spanish-bonds-dip Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:53:00 +0100 spanish-bonds-dip