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 A Spanish court on Friday ordered former IMF head Rodrigo Rato to stand trial for fraud over the failed 2011 listing of Bankia, a bank he led which later needed rescuing by the state. https://www.thelocal.es/20171118/spain-court-orders-ex-imf-head-rato-to-be-tried-for-fraud Sat, 18 Nov 2017 13:03:30 +0100 spain-court-orders-ex-imf-head-rato-to-be-tried-for-fraud 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 Rodrigo Rato, the ex-head of the International Monetary Fund has been summoned by a judge for questioning over alleged money-laundering, the latest in a string of court cases targeting him. https://www.thelocal.es/20150721/judge-to-quiz-ex-imf-head-rato-in-latest-fraud-case Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:43:07 +0200 judge-to-quiz-ex-imf-head-rato-in-latest-fraud-case Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis accused Athens' creditors of "terrorism" in an interview published on Saturday, a day before Greeks vote in a high-stakes referendum on their bailout. https://www.thelocal.es/20150704/greek-finance-minister-accuses-creditors-of-terrorism Sat, 04 Jul 2015 10:04:01 +0200 greek-finance-minister-accuses-creditors-of-terrorism 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 Spanish tax office agents on Thursday searched the Madrid home of former IMF head Rodrigo Rato, who has already been charged in two graft cases, as part of a new money-laundering probe. https://www.thelocal.es/20150417/spain-tax-officials-search-home-of-ex-imf-head-rato Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:40:44 +0200 spain-tax-officials-search-home-of-ex-imf-head-rato Spain has emerged from a devastating crisis and entered a "virtuous circle" with faster growth than its neighbours, but the IMF warns that high unemployment and the rise of populist parties still threaten the recovery. https://www.thelocal.es/20150125/spanish-economy-in Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:35:00 +0100 spanish-economy-in The head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde was one of several high-profile figures to laud Spain's economic recovery at a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150122/davos-spain-wins-praise-over-reforms Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:59:00 +0100 davos-spain-wins-praise-over-reforms Spain's ruling conservative Popular Party went into damage limitation mode on Monday, saying it had expelled ex-IMF head Rodrigo Rato and all other party members under investigation for allegedly misusing credit cards for personal spending while working at a bailed-out finance group. https://www.thelocal.es/20141028/spains-ruling-party-expels-scandal-hit-ex-imf-boss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:29:00 +0100 spains-ruling-party-expels-scandal-hit-ex-imf-boss Spain will grow faster than any other country in 2015 in the European Union but unemployment will remain stubbornly high, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141008/spain-to-top-european-growth-tables-in-2015-imf-unemployment Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:08:24 +0200 spain-to-top-european-growth-tables-in-2015-imf-unemployment The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it had revised up its 2014 growth forecast for Spain to 1.2 percent, double the figure touted by the organization six months ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20140710/imf-doubles-growth-forecast-spain Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:22:00 +0200 imf-doubles-growth-forecast-spain The International Monetary Fund declared on Tuesday that Spain's economic recovery is here to stay, hailing a return to growth and job-creation despite the nation's 26-percent unemployment rate. https://www.thelocal.es/20140527/spains-recovery-here-to-stay-imf Tue, 27 May 2014 15:04:17 +0200 spains-recovery-here-to-stay-imf The IMF on Tuesday fingered Spain as the only country in the eurozone at "high risk" of deflation, calling on the European Central Bank to do more to battle the problem. https://www.thelocal.es/20140409/deflation-threatens-spains-recovery-imf-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:57:53 +0200 deflation-threatens-spains-recovery-imf-2 The gap between rich and poor has grown faster in Spain during the crisis than in any other country in Europe, but many austerity measures have helped put the brakes on this process, a new IMF report argues. https://www.thelocal.es/20140314/spanish-inequality-is-worlds-fastest-growing Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:06:00 +0100 spanish-inequality-is-worlds-fastest-growing Angry demonstrators took to the streets in the Spanish city of Bilbao on Monday to protest the presence of an economic conference during which IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Spain's economy had "turned the corner". https://www.thelocal.es/20140303/angry-protesters Mon, 03 Mar 2014 16:10:00 +0100 angry-protesters The International Monetary Fund has asked Spain to further reduce salaries even though it has already slashed average wages by 20 percent over the past two years - the fastest drop in the country's democratic history. https://www.thelocal.es/20140130/spains-record-wage-cuts-not-enough-imf Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:24:00 +0100 spains-record-wage-cuts-not-enough-imf Spain's economy is set to grow by "nearly 1.0 percent" in 2014, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday as the euro nation's struggling recovery gains traction. https://www.thelocal.es/20140128/spain-to-grown-1-percent-in-2014-economy-minister Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:20:00 +0100 spain-to-grown-1-percent-in-2014-economy-minister The International Monetary Fund has revised up its 2014 growth forecast for Spain to 0.6 percent, or more than triple the figure it forecast in October last year, but still very modest. https://www.thelocal.es/20140122/imf Wed, 22 Jan 2014 11:01:00 +0100 imf International creditors who rescued Spain's tottering banks said on Monday the sector was on the way to recovery but warned Madrid to be vigilant as the bailout winds up. https://www.thelocal.es/20131217/bailout-chiefs-urge-spain-to-push-reform Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:33:00 +0100 bailout-chiefs-urge-spain-to-push-reform The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised on Tuesday its 2013 Spain growth forecast, but said recovery remained tepid and that the eurozone bloc was only "crawling out of recession". https://www.thelocal.es/20131009/imf-revises-up-spanish-growth-forecast Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:35:00 +0200 imf-revises-up-spanish-growth-forecast