Chris Lawrence 
Zaragoza 15/12/2021 – 18:40 Ibercaja has attracted 4,000 new companies in the first year after the creation of a specialized area in this customer segment, as announced this Wednesday by the entity’s Director of Business Banking, Teresa Fernández, at a press conference with the head of Business Banking Strategy, Toño Ruiz. This growth has occurred … Read more
14/12/2021 – 12:01 Updated: 13:13 – 12/14/21 The Government yesterday presented to unions and employers a new draft of the labor reform, dated December 13, which, like the previous one, is limited to changes in articles 15 (duration of the employment contract) and 16 (discontinuous fixed-contract). Among the main changes of the new proposal, in … Read more
Early retirement can be an alternative for those workers who want to end their working life and go to a deserved retirement after decades of service for a company or on their own. In some cases, this retirement advance can be given at age 63, although for this it must be under specific assumptions and … Read more
14/12/2021 – 13:16 Updated: 14:08 – 12/14/21 The lack of workers is beginning to be a reality in most business sectors of the Spanish economy. According to the activity survey of the Bank of Spain, the percentage of companies with difficulties in recruiting employees soared from 13.2% to 27.2%, in the last quarter of the … Read more
The Federal Reserve is being extremely slow and careful as it prepares to normalize its monetary policy. This caution in hardening makes it seem like any misstep could be dangerous. However, from Bank of America (BofA), its global economist, Ethan Harris, points out that history shows that the economy and markets can withstand a well-choreographed … Read more
In the midst of a review of euro banknotes from the ECB, the National Currency and Stamp Factory (FNMT) has decided to launch an announcement that also affects currencies, but in this specific case only Spain. Throughout this month of December, the first 1.5 euro bullion coins, in what will be a great attraction for … Read more
Inflation has become one of the most notable concerns for families, businesses, and central banks. After years of stagnation in prices, the CPI is showing variation rates not seen in decades in the euro zone. But as is customary in the short history of the Eurozone, the divergences between countries are once again more than … Read more
After two decades coexisting with the euro, the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided in recent months to proceed with a review of your tickets, in order to achieve a new, more modernized image. A change that is expected to be ready by 2024, when the new instruments enter circulation and for what will be … Read more
New York 13/12/2021 – 19:45 The United States Federal Reserve starts its last monetary policy meeting of the year on Tuesday. In a script change already anticipated by its president, Jerome Powell, the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) will close 2021 by accelerating the withdrawal of stimuli in the face of pressing inflation. At the … Read more
In one of his campaigns to be mayor of London, Boris Johnson explained the “dead cat trick”: if the news is negative, throw a “dead cat” on the table – some more manageable controversy – so that people leave talk about the original scandal and get distracted by this other topic instead. The problem with … Read more