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 Tuesday raised its 2015 growth forecast for the country to 3.2 percent, further strengthening the outlook for recovery in the eurozone's fourth biggest economy. https://www.thelocal.es/20151222/spain-economy-outlook-better-than-expected-as-gdp-growth-forecast-raised Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:57:02 +0100 spain-economy-outlook-better-than-expected-as-gdp-growth-forecast-raised Spain's trade deficit swelled by more than half in 2014 as economic recovery spurred businesses to import and consumers to buy cars and appliances. https://www.thelocal.es/20150218/spain-recovery-drives-up-trade-deficit Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:17:00 +0100 spain-recovery-drives-up-trade-deficit Spain´s economy is set to improve this year, with a better than expected growth predicted by the European Commission. https://www.thelocal.es/20150205/spain-on-road-to-recovery-says-eu Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:19:00 +0100 spain-on-road-to-recovery-says-eu Five straight quarters of growth have seen Spain's unemployment drop to lowest level since 2011, although it still stands at over 23 percent. https://www.thelocal.es/20141030/spanish-economy-expands-by-05-in-third-quarter Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:00:00 +0100 spanish-economy-expands-by-05-in-third-quarter UPDATED: Illegal activities such as drug trafficking and prostitution boosted Spain's gross domestic product by €9 billion ($11.5 billion) in 2013, official figures released on Thursday show. https://www.thelocal.es/20140925/sex-and-drugs-add-9-billion-to-spains-gdp Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:08:00 +0200 sex-and-drugs-add-9-billion-to-spains-gdp The German economy tripped up in the second quarter, registering negative growth of 0.2 percent, some way behind the 0.6 per cent growth clocked up by Spain in the same period. https://www.thelocal.es/20140814/spain-clocks-up-faster-growth-than-germany Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:47:00 +0200 spain-clocks-up-faster-growth-than-germany Spain is soon to start including estimated revenues from drug trafficking and the sex trade when calculating its gross domestic product (GDP), a move expected to boost economic results, officials said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140612/drugs-and-prostitution-boost-spains-growth Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:00:00 +0200 drugs-and-prostitution-boost-spains-growth For the first time in nearly five years, the Spanish economy is outperforming that of France, official French figures released on Thursday show. https://www.thelocal.es/20131114/spains-economy-outperforming-stagnant-france Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:02:00 +0100 spains-economy-outperforming-stagnant-france Spain's economy performed more poorly in 2012 than previously reported with the country's national statistics institute (the INE) revising down its gross domestic product (GDP) growth figure to –1.6 percent. https://www.thelocal.es/20130828/spains-2012-growth-figures-revised-down Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:51:38 +0200 spains-2012-growth-figures-revised-down Spain's recession eased in the second quarter, official data showed on Tuesday, as booming exports helped to offset weak domestic demand in the eurozone's fourth-biggest economy. https://www.thelocal.es/20130730/spains-recession-eases-in-second-quarter Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:48:27 +0200 spains-recession-eases-in-second-quarter The European Commission announced on Friday that it believed Spain would fall short of the deficit targets set by the ruling Popular Party government of Mariano Rajoy for 2013 and 2014. https://www.thelocal.es/20130503/brussels-casts-doubt-on-spains-deficit-plans Fri, 03 May 2013 15:28:00 +0200 brussels-casts-doubt-on-spains-deficit-plans