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 government said on Friday it could lower its forecast for next year's economic growth if the crisis over Catalonia's independence drive persists. https://www.thelocal.es/20171013/catalonia-uncertainty-could-lead-spain-to-cut-2018-growth-forecast Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:55:22 +0200 catalonia-uncertainty-could-lead-spain-to-cut-2018-growth-forecast Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday lifted his government's economic growth forecast for 2017 to 2.7 percent from 2.5 percent due to a stronger than expected performance in the start of the year. https://www.thelocal.es/20170421/spain-bumps-up-its-growth-forecast-as-tourism-and-exports-thrive Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:01:53 +0200 spain-bumps-up-its-growth-forecast-as-tourism-and-exports-thrive Spain's economic growth continued in the second quarter, official data showed on Thursday, even as the country remains mired in political limbo after two inconclusive general elections. https://www.thelocal.es/20160825/spain-economy-growth-despite-lack-of-govt Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:47:49 +0200 spain-economy-growth-despite-lack-of-govt Spain's economy rose 3.2 percent in 2015, official figures showed on Friday, its second year of growth as the country emerges from a damaging economic crisis marked by sky-high unemployment and rising inequalities. https://www.thelocal.es/20160129/record-tourism-boosts-spains-economic-recovery Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:07:35 +0100 record-tourism-boosts-spains-economic-recovery 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 The Spanish government may be trumpeting the country's economic recovery but its long-suffering citizens are yet to share the joy, a new poll shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20150806/what-recovery-spaniards-snub-economic-spin-spain Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:33:59 +0200 what-recovery-spaniards-snub-economic-spin-spain Spain's conservative government has raised its economic growth forecast for this year to 3.3 percent and to 3 percent in 2016, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150702/optimistic-pm-raises-spains-growth-forecast Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:09:57 +0200 optimistic-pm-raises-spains-growth-forecast Spain's recovery is gathering speed, the IMF said, as it raised the country's growth forecast but warned that yet more reforms were needed. https://www.thelocal.es/20150609/imf-optimistic-on-spains-economic-recovery Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:07:02 +0200 imf-optimistic-on-spains-economic-recovery Spain's economy growth accelerated in the first quarter of 2015, provisional official data showed on Thursday, in a fresh sign that the nation's recovery is gathering momentum even though unemployment remains high. https://www.thelocal.es/20150430/spains-economy-growth-accelerates-in-first-quarter Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:49:14 +0200 spains-economy-growth-accelerates-in-first-quarter Spain's economy expanded by 1.4 percent in 2014, after five years of recession or no growth, the country's national statistics agency Ine said on Thursday, confirming a provisional figure published in late January. https://www.thelocal.es/20150226/spains-economy-grows-by-14-percent-in-2014-official Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:49:48 +0100 spains-economy-grows-by-14-percent-in-2014-official Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy predicted on Tuesday that Spain's economy, the eurozone's fourth largest, could grow by 2.4 percent in 2015, raising the previous 2.0 percent forecast. https://www.thelocal.es/20150224/spain-to-create-half-a-million-jobs-in-2015-pm Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:58:00 +0100 spain-to-create-half-a-million-jobs-in-2015-pm Spain's recovering economy grew by 1.4 percent in 2014, provisional official data showed on Friday, after shrinking by 1.2 percent in the previous year but remains plagued by mass unemployment. https://www.thelocal.es/20150130/spanish-economy-grows-by-14-percent-in-2014-stats-office Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:18:09 +0100 spanish-economy-grows-by-14-percent-in-2014-stats-office Spain's recovering economy could grow as much as 2.5 percent this year if oil prices and the euro stay low, the economy minister said in an interview published on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150126/spain-could-grow-25-in-2015-minister Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:47:00 +0100 spain-could-grow-25-in-2015-minister Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy revised up his 2014–2015 jobs growth forecast on Sunday as the country heads deeper into election territory. https://www.thelocal.es/20150119/spain-to-create-1-million-jobs-in-two-years-pm Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:02:06 +0100 spain-to-create-1-million-jobs-in-two-years-pm Spain's prime minister admitted on Monday that jobless people and their families are still suffering the consequences of the economic crisis even though the country is gradually recovering from recession. https://www.thelocal.es/20141216/spanish-pm-steps-back-from-crisis-is-over-comments-spain-economy Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:48:00 +0100 spanish-pm-steps-back-from-crisis-is-over-comments-spain-economy The Bank of Spain said Wednesday it expects the Spanish economy will expand by "around" two percent in 2015, in line with government forecasts for next year. https://www.thelocal.es/20141001/spain-will-grow-around-2-in-2015-central-bank Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:09:00 +0200 spain-will-grow-around-2-in-2015-central-bank Updated: The Spanish government revised up its economic growth forecast on Friday, saying the economy would grow by 1.3 percent in 2014 and two percent in 2015, while promising nearly 350,000 new jobs next year. https://www.thelocal.es/20140926/spain-to-create Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:38:00 +0200 spain-to-create 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 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's prime minister Mariano Rajoy has used a pre-summer press conference to trumpet the improvements in the country's economy, in a speech described by the opposition as "triumphalist" and "self-complacent". https://www.thelocal.es/20140801/schools-out-spanish-pm-signs-off-for-summer Fri, 01 Aug 2014 17:37:00 +0200 schools-out-spanish-pm-signs-off-for-summer