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 Fitch ratings agency on Friday upgraded Spain's sovereign debt rating, pointing to the country's growing economy and improving fiscal health. https://www.thelocal.es/20180120/spains-credit-rating-gets-upgrade-thanks-to-rosier-economy Sat, 20 Jan 2018 05:50:26 +0100 spains-credit-rating-gets-upgrade-thanks-to-rosier-economy Dubious lending by regional Spanish savings banks in the boom years before the collapse of a property bubble in 2008 generated huge losses in the billions of euros, Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141029/dodgy-boom-year-loans-cost-spain-26-billion Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:32:07 +0100 dodgy-boom-year-loans-cost-spain-26-billion The number of new home mortgages in Spain was up 2 percent on a year ealier in March, the first such rise in 47 months, official figures released on Wednesday show. https://www.thelocal.es/20140529/sold-mortgages-rise-after-four-year-free-fall Thu, 29 May 2014 11:45:00 +0200 sold-mortgages-rise-after-four-year-free-fall Credit rating agency Moody's said on Tuesday that Spain is "now firmly on an improving trend" with exports boosting the eurozone's fourth-biggest economy as it crawls out of recession. https://www.thelocal.es/20140423/exports-drive-improving-trend-of-spanish-economy Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:22:00 +0200 exports-drive-improving-trend-of-spanish-economy Spanish banks, alarmed by multiple bankruptcies and mass unemployment, are keeping a tight rein on loans and potentially choking off the lifeblood of a longed-for economic recovery, analysts say. https://www.thelocal.es/20140114/credit-squeeze-threatens-spains-fragile-recovery Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:30:00 +0100 credit-squeeze-threatens-spains-fragile-recovery The Spanish government has announced the introduction of a new law that will widen the definition of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to incorporate more businesses and improve access to credit. https://www.thelocal.es/20130826/time-for-the-credit-to-flow-to-spanish-companies Mon, 26 Aug 2013 12:24:00 +0200 time-for-the-credit-to-flow-to-spanish-companies Germany and Spain signed an agreement on Thursday to boost access to affordable credit for small and medium enterprises in the recession-hit southern European country. https://www.thelocal.es/20130705/germany-opens-credit-pipeline-to-spanish-firms Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:05:46 +0200 germany-opens-credit-pipeline-to-spanish-firms