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 central bank on Wednesday raised its 2015 economic growth forecast for the country to 3.1 percent, strengthening the outlook for recovery in the eurozone's fourth biggest economy. https://www.thelocal.es/20150625/central-bank-raises-2015-growth-forecast-to-31-percent Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:03:26 +0200 central-bank-raises-2015-growth-forecast-to-31-percent Emigration from Spain could seriously affect the country’s future economic growth, the Spanish central bank said in a report on Wednesday in which it also warned Spain’s recovery could slow in the final months of 2014. https://www.thelocal.es/20140925/emigration-may-hurt-growth-warns-central-bank Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:19:00 +0200 emigration-may-hurt-growth-warns-central-bank Spain's jobless rate eased slightly to 25.98 percent in the third quarter of 2013, official data showed on Thursday, a day after the country's central bank signalled the technical end of a long recession. https://www.thelocal.es/20131024/spains-jobless-rate-registers-tiny-drop Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:20:00 +0200 spains-jobless-rate-registers-tiny-drop Spain's job-crushing, two-year recession appears to be drawing to a close, the country's central bank said on Thursday, predicting an end to the downturn in the third quarter of 2013. https://www.thelocal.es/20130926/spain-sailing-into-calmer-waters-central-bank Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:28:00 +0200 spain-sailing-into-calmer-waters-central-bank Spain's job-destroying recession is set to ease in the second quarter of 2013 as activity improves, the Bank of Spain said on Wednesday, adding its voice to an optimistic chorus emerging from the government. https://www.thelocal.es/20130626/spains-central-bank-backs-recovery-talk Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:00:00 +0200 spains-central-bank-backs-recovery-talk Spain will seek deeper into recession this year and the unemployment rate, which is already at a record 26 percent, will rise further as it continues to feel the fallout of the collapse of a property bubble, the central bank said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130326/no-growth-until-2014-spains-central-bank Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:08:00 +0100 no-growth-until-2014-spains-central-bank Spain's central bank said on Tuesday the country's economy would shrink even more in 2013 than last year and that unemployment would continue to rise. https://www.thelocal.es/20130326/central-bank-posts-grim-2013-forecast Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:24:00 +0100 central-bank-posts-grim-2013-forecast