Spain's lower house approves 2021 budget bill on first reading
The bill will now go to the upper house or Senate.
The 2021 budget bill gets approval
The bill was approved by 188-154 votes.
Economy
Spanish unemployment rises in October as second wave of COVID-19 bites
Many still struggle to find work.
Economy
Spanish GDP rebounds from worst ever slump in Q3
The economy is still 8.7% smaller than a year ago.
Economy
Spain's services sector grows in July in modest rebound from lockdown - PMI
Wednesday’s data showed only muted growth and “most worrying of all, incoming new business failing to regain meaningful traction as the economy opened up.
Viewpoint
The taxing question
Sooner or later it had be addressed, does Spain raise taxes to save the economy?
Viewpoint
Vulnerability of tourism
“The Spanish productive fabric is in a position of greater vulnerability ... as a result of the crisis”.
Economy
Spain's poor suffer as economy recovers from crisis - U.N. poverty expert
"Spain's solid economic recovery has heavily favoured corporations and the wealthy, but never restored social protections."
Tourism
Tourism's declining contribution to GDP
In fact, the contribution of tourism to Balearic GDP has been increasing. But per capita incomes are not, in relative terms, what they once were.
Brexit
Minimal effects of Brexit on Spain and holidays
The fall in the pound is something the travel industry has dealt with before.
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Viewpoint
Cash needed
“Balancing the books in these hard times will be no easy task...”
Jason Moore07/07/2020 03:21