Spain

  • Nov 25, 2014
  • 8 min read

Prospects for global bond markets in 2015

The rates decline that started with the 2008 crisis has not been reversed in 2014; rises are possible in 2015

International
  • Nov 14, 2014
  • 2 min read

Euro-area GDP 'relief' will prove temporary

Positive third quarter GDP results for many euro-area countries does not deflect from the need to reform

EU
  • Nov 12, 2014
  • 6 min read

European housing markets set to soften outside Germany

European housing markets show divergent trends, as the periphery remains weak and the UK boom cools

EU
  • Nov 10, 2014
  • 2 min read

Rajoy will struggle to brush off Catalan symbolic vote

Yesterday's vote on Catalan independence has symbolic but not legal importance

Spain
  • Nov 7, 2014
  • 7 min read

Prospects for the euro-area in 2015

A euro-area recovery will depend on ECB action and the ability of member states to tap into emerging market growth

EU
  • Nov 3, 2014
  • 2 min read

Rise of Podemos may upset Spain's political order

Anti-system party Podemos is leading a top opinion poll in Spain, raising questions for next year's elections

Spain
  • Oct 28, 2014
  • 7 min read

Deflation threatens ECB stress test 'reassurance'

The ECB's bank stress tests and asset quality review will have a limited effect in restoring confidence in the euro-area

EU
  • Oct 16, 2014
  • 7 min read

Rajoy's Catalan victory may prove short-lived

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy may yet see his authority challenged by Catalan independence activists

Spain