Chris Lawrence

The Spanish Gross Domestic Product reached 1.2 trillion euros in 2020. Elon Musk could reach that same amount by 2024, compared to the current 277.3 billion. Currently there are nine people in the world with fortunes greater than 100,000 million of euros, and that aspire to reach one billion in a few years, but who … Read more

The ruble is making a strong comeback as peace talks progress, and is already on the verge of erasing all the losses it suffered in the weeks after Western sanctions invaded Ukraine, though it still has some way to go. The currency has strengthened in 13 of the last 14 sessions, offsetting most of the … Read more

Madrid 20:00 – 29/03/2022 From the maximum reached by the barrel of Brent on March 8 above 130.2 dollars, the price of oil has ranged between 100 and 120. If the war and the pressure of inflation have boosted prices, the outbreaks of Covid have threatened economic recovery and global consumption, as can be seen … Read more

The reform of the electricity market that the Government is preparing to contain the escalation in electricity prices will exclude almost two thirds of the supply points in Spain. In this way, about 20 million customers, of the around 30 million there are, will not immediately see the cut in the rate that the Executive … Read more

Barcelona 28/03/2022 – 14:14 The Ibex Small Cap, which is the stock index that brings together the small-cap listed companies of the four Spanish stock markets, is attacking in the short term the highs of the year that it reached in the middle of last January at 8,630 points, which it is a horizontal resistance … Read more

As of April 6, all Spanish taxpayers have the option of submitting their Income Tax returns to catch up with the Treasury regarding Personal Income Tax. A tax liability that, however, in some cases is not mandatory. Although the number of taxpayers in Spain is high (in the past year the Tax Agency received more … Read more

New surreal twist to the peace negotiations to try to put an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As reported by the Wall Street Journalcorroborated by the intelligence firm Bellingcat, the Russian government tried to poison several members of the Ukrainian delegation in one of the negotiation sessions, together with the Russian businessman Román … Read more

Madrid 28/03/2022 – 13:26 The price of fuel at some service stations low cost of Spain today registers a strong increase, from 15 and 30 cents per liter, coinciding with the Government’s announcement to extend the aid of 20 cents per liter of fuel to all drivers. The rise is recorded at some gas stations … Read more

Treasury bonds continue to suffer sharp falls this Monday and send clear signals of alarm to the markets (when the two and ten year bonds are reversed, the arrival of a recession is almost certain). The fall in the price of bonds (rise in interest) has caused the inversion of a part of the curve … Read more