Japanese factory activity fell in December at the steepest pace in 26 months, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday, with businesses posting further declines amid a global economic slowdown. au Jibun Bank’s Japanese manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell…
Norway, the Amazon Fund’s top donor, said the initiative to support forest protection had been revived now that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had returned to power and promised to halt deforestation. “Brazil’s new president has signaled his…
European markets could open the session positive, judging by the movement of futures at this time. The future of the Dax up 0.2%, the future of the Cac 40 0.2% is recorded and the future of the Ibex 35 It…
Germany’s carbon dioxide emissions held steady last year, compromising its climate targets as increased use of petroleum and charcoal It offset lower energy consumption and record production of renewables, data from climate think tank Agora Energiewende showed on Wednesday. Germany’s…
The founder of the indebted Chinese real estate giant Evergrande (HK):3333), Xu Jiayin, again promised that the group will pay its debts after it breached a self-imposed limit to submit its restructuring plan before the end of 2022, local media…
The shares of the e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd gained 6.3% today by 13.30 local time (05.30 GMT) in Hong Kong after the Chinese regulator of banks and insurers approved the plan for the capital increase of a division…
European markets start in green this Wednesday -Ibex 35, CAC 40, DAX…-, waiting to know the minutes of the Fed’s last meeting. Meanwhile, investors do not lose sight of the forecasts for this year that continue to come from the…
With the stock markets already fully active after the Christmas break, we will be watching the minutes of the US Federal Reserve (Fed). The petroleum Falls. Cryptocurrencies move with a disparate tone this morning. Here are the five factors that…
The main indicator of the Seoul Stock Exchange, the Kospi, rose 1.68% on Wednesday as foreign investors bet on South Korea’s big tech companies, especially chipmakers. The South Korean benchmark advanced 37.3 points to 2,255.98 integers, while the technology index…
Long-term investment is, a priori, the safest way to make money or at least that’s what experts in this field always say. The recommendation par excellence is to invest in the S&P 500 index with an average annualized return of…
Nationalists and some Russian lawmakers have demanded punishment from military commanders they accuse of ignoring the dangers, as outrage grows over the deaths of dozens of Russian soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks of the war in Ukraine. In…
The National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved the resolution establishing the remuneration of the electricity system operator for 2023, which amounts to 82.6 million euros, and the prices to the agents for its financing. To this end,…
British railway workers begin another strike on Tuesday to demand better wages, deepening the crisis due to the wave of strikes in different sectors in recent weeks in the United Kingdom. Members of the British Union of Railways, Maritime and…
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday said she was willing to moderate her plans to delay the minimum retirement age, which could fall below the 65 years of her initial plans. Borne, who this afternoon begins a final round…
European markets could open the session in negative, judging by the movement of futures at this time. Both the future of the Dax as the future of the Cac 40 and the future of the Ibex 35 They are left…
Spain’s stock index Ibex-35 It started in negative on Tuesday before the collection of benefits after the rebound of the day before and some caution in the face of the news of the Federal Reserve and the labor report of…
Material shortages continued to decline in Germany’s manufacturing sector at the end of the year, according to a survey by the Ifo economic institute published on Tuesday. In December, 50.7% of the companies surveyed reported having problems, compared to 59.3%…
Tesla boss Tom Zhu Inc. in China has been promoted to direct oversight of the electric car maker’s U.S. assembly plants, as well as sales operations in North America and Europe, according to an internal reporting line release reviewed by…
Reportedly, mining Bitcoin surpassed Sweden’s electricity use last year, but alternatives are emerging in the mining mix. Over the course of 2022, global Bitcoin mining consumed 161 TWh of electricity in total, according to Digiconomist. The technologically skeptical platform said…
Tesla on Monday reported record production and deliveries of electric vehicles in the fourth quarter, but missed Wall Street estimates, due to lingering logistical problems and slowing demand amid rising interest rates and fears of recession. The world’s most valuable…
Chinese factory activity contracted at a sharper pace in December as rising COVID-19 infections disrupted production and weighed on demand after Beijing largely lifted coronavirus restrictions, a private-sector survey showed on Tuesday. The Caixin/Markit manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell…
South Korea and the United States are discussing the joint planning and execution of U.S. nuclear operations to counter North Korea and hope to conduct a simulation exercise soon, officials from both sides said on Tuesday. The plan comes amid…
The Ministry for the Ecological Transition has drawn up a plan of anti-fraud measures to monitor and ensure that there is no misuse or fraud in projects financed by European funds. Any entity – decision-maker or executor – involved in…
The Ministry of Finance and Public Function has launched the call for a selection process to fill 787 positions in the general administrative body of the State Administration, specializing in agents of the Public Treasury. As published on Tuesday the…
NATO countries will discuss their defence spending targets in the coming months, while some of them are calling for the 2% target to become a minimum figure, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told German news agency DPA. “Some allies are strongly…
The European Union has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to China to help Beijing contain a massive outbreak of the disease, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The initiative is part of Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides’ efforts to mount a European…
Fotocasa believes that interventionism in rents will mark this 2023, reducing the supply available in the market because of regulation and pushing up prices, which could become more expensive by more than 5%. The real estate portal points out that…
A steady stream of people poured into St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, whose body will rest before the high altar until his funeral later this week. Benedict died Saturday at the…
European markets could open the session positive, judging by the movement of futures at this time. The future of the Dax up 0.1% and future of the Ibex 35 It earns 0.5% right now. Wall Street closed Friday in the…
There is no sign of a “wage price spiral” in the eurozone, but the European Central Bank should continue to tighten monetary policy to curb inflation expectations, ECB economic policy chief Joachim Nagel said in an interview published on Monday.…
Falling manufacturing activity in the eurozone is likely to pass its lowest point as supply chains begin to recover and inflationary pressures ease, a survey showed on Monday, leading to a rebound in optimism among factory managers. S&P Global’s final…
The Asian stock markets, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom remain closed on Monday for the New Year’s holiday, so a lower trading volume is expected. Lula da Silva is sworn in as president of Brazil. The petroleum…
The volatility of Bitcoin (BTC) remained subdued in the final days of 2022, indicating that investors were in no hurry to enter the markets. Bitcoin closed 2022 close to $16,500 and on the first day of the new year it…
The Taliban administration will promote self-sufficiency and want international trade and investment, the acting trade minister said, as Afghanistan faces isolation and suspension of some humanitarian operations over restrictions on women. “We will start a national self-sufficiency program, we will…
The Kospi, the main indicator of the Seoul Stock Exchange, fell 0.48% on Monday in the first session of the year, as there was no special boost in the South Korean market as the Asian and US stock markets remained…
The president of ATA and vice president of the CEOE, Lorenzo Amor, pointed out on Monday that he sees “difficult” an agreement in the last block of the pension reform and stressed that from the employers will not support measures…
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has warned that “a third of the world economy” will be in recession this year, including “half of the European Union”. In an interview on CBS collected by EFE,…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke on Sunday with incoming Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, appointed last week to the post after his role as ambassador to the United States. On Twitter, Blinken said he discussed the…
Some residents of China’s major cities, Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan, braved the cold and a spike in COVID-19 infections to resume normal activity on Monday, hoping to boost the economy as more people recover from infections. Among those who gathered…
North Korea has ousted Pak Jong-chon, the second-most powerful military officer after leader Kim Jong-un, state media reported. Pak, deputy chairman of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Military Commission and secretary of the party’s Central Committee, was replaced by Ri…
Manila airport resumed operations on Monday, despite suspending about thirty routes, after canceling or diverting more than 280 flights on Sunday due to technical problems, the Philippine Department of Transportation reported. The Secretary of Transportation, Jaime Bautista, said that “they…
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s president on Sunday, issuing a harsh indictment against former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro and promising a drastic change of course to rescue a nation ravaged by hunger, poverty and racism.…
Ukrainians cheered from their balconies as their air defenses attacked Russian missiles and drones from the sky in the early hours of 2023, which saw Moscow attack civilian targets across Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force command said it destroyed 45…
France urged its European Union counterparts on Sunday to screen Chinese travelers for COVID, after Paris decided to do so against a backdrop of an outbreak ravaging the country. Only Italy and Spain also require testing in the EU, which…
The President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, welcomed Croatia today and highlighted the effort made by that country to become the twentieth member of the eurozone. “For us at the ECB this New Year’s Day is especially…
The Bank of Spain has announced that it will exchange Croatian kuna banknotes (HRK) for euros until February 28, at its headquarters in Madrid and Barcelona, an “exceptional measure” that it has adopted on the occasion of Croatia’s entry into…
The French minimum interprofessional wage increased today, with the change of year, to 1,353 euros, representing a net increase of 1.8%, 24 euros, compared to 2022. By the hour, the minimum wage rises from 11.07 euros to 11.27. The increase…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) imposes from this Sunday that private companies with fifty or more employees in the Arab country have 2% of their nationals in their workforce, in a country where 90% of the private workforce is composed…
Delays in the delivery of vehicles are moderating, but they have not just disappeared, since the shortage of semiconductors has been followed by a new problem, of a logistical nature, and that is the lack of truck drivers who can…
Investment fund managers are betting on fixed income against equity markets in 2023 in a scenario in which all forecasts point to high interest rates for a while and uncertainty due to geopolitical tensions. Companies agree that fixed income, whether…
Only Catalonia and the Community of Madrid have started the year without new budgets, unlike the four regions where there is an absolute majority and another ten, plus Ceuta, in which coalitions or minority parties govern, which speaks of the…
The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that will govern the countryside between 2023 and 2027 comes into force this Sunday, January 1, with profound changes affecting more than 650,000 farmers and ranchers in Spain, the third beneficiary country, with an…
Foldable mobile phone shipments will grow by 52% globally in 2023 compared to 2022, to 22.7 million units sold, in a year in which competition will “intensify”, but Samsung (KS:005930) will continue to lead the market, according to the forecasts…
The markets will open their doors to 2023 tomorrow, Monday, in a week in which they will continue to be aware of the influence on the economy of the increase in covid cases in China, unemployment data in Spain, inflation…
“Today we have more access to data from wearables, medical devices, environmental sensors, video and other connected devices than at any time in the past. When combined with cloud technologies, we start to see where that powerful combination of data…
Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met representatives of Russia and Ukraine on Saturday ahead of his inauguration and called for an end to the war between the two countries. Lula, who will be sworn in on Sunday, said…
Croatia entered the Schengen area of free movement and the eurozone on Sunday, a decade after joining the European Union (EU). At 0:00 today, controls were removed at 73 crossings of Croatia’s borders with Slovenia and Hungary, which have already…
Pope Emeritus Benedict was the first pontiff to step down in 600 years, leaving behind a Catholic Church battered by sex abuse scandals, mismanagement and polarized between conservatives and progressives. The first German pope in 1,000 years died Saturday at…
On 1st January a reform of the social assistance system in Germany which has been described as “historic” comes into force and will bring more money to the long-term unemployed and step up efforts to re-enter the labour market. The…
The Official State Gazette (BOE) publishes this Saturday the new circular of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), which enters into force on January 1 and which updates and simplifies accounting obligations and standards, and intermediate financial statements. Specifically, explains…
The measures to contain the rise in prices and social support have not prevented the Portuguese from losing purchasing power in 2022, with an average inflation rate of 7.8% and the uncertainty of what will come in 2023. Portugal leaves…
As of this January 1, the tax on non-reusable plastic containers begins to take effect in Spain, in a pioneering way throughout the European Union (EU), which will fall on the entire industry with a tax rate of 0.45 euros…
On January 1, the new contribution system for the self-employed, approved by the Government last July with the agreement of the main organizations, comes into force, so that self-employed workers contribute according to their real income. The new model, which…
More than 9,000 employees have been laid off this December in the world’s leading technology companies, in an incessant trickle of workforce cuts that began after the pandemic and conclude with a 2022, in which more than a thousand companies…
This has made many investors are considering taking positions in the technology giant for 2023. However, the experts of BNP Paribas they do not advise it, considering Jezz Bezos’ company “a value trap”. These are their reasons. First, they consider…
China’s manufacturing industry continued to contract in December, a month in which the country was shaken by a wave of infections after withdrawing the strictest measures of its ‘zero covid’ policy, according to official data published today by the National…
The Government of Panama rejected on Friday two legal appeals filed by the subsidiary of the Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals (FQM), which operates a large mine in the country. copper and whose cessation of commercial operations it ordered…
North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the sea east of the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s military said. This is the latest in an unprecedented number of missile launches by North Korea this year, as Pyongyang pushes ahead with weapons development…
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a two-and-a-half-year contract, the team said on Twitter on Friday. after the footballer left Manchester United to become a free agent. Ronaldo, 37, left Old Trafford last month…
Supermarket chain Mercadona on Friday approved wage increases for all its staff in Spain and Portugal, in line with the official inflation rate recorded in December. “The objective is to maintain the purchasing power of all the people who are…
More than half of the 50 U.S. states are showing signs of slowing economic activity, surpassing a key threshold that usually indicates a recession is coming, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The…
Global stock markets were flat on the final trading day of the year as markets digested U.S. data and the dismantling of China’s zero COVID policy, but the global index was headed for a 20% drop in a year marred…
The good news first: 2022, a nightmare year for both stocks and bonds, is about to end. Now the bad news: While 2023 will probably be better, it won’t really seem like it for a while. At least not until…
The price of Cardano (ADA) has fallen after a break from the horizontal area of $0.350 and could fall to $0.150 due to several bearish readings. ADA is the native token of Cardano’s blockchain platform. The platform uses a Proof-of-Stake…
The dollar was on track for its biggest annual gain since 2015 on Friday, the final trading day of a year dominated by Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and fears of a sharp slowdown in global growth. European stock indexes…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia had become one of the main suppliers of petroleum and gas from China, with 13.8 billion cubic meters of gas shipped to China via the Siberian Power pipeline in the first 11…
The Government has decided to reinforce controls at Spanish airports and will require passengers from China to test negative for covid-19 or a complete vaccination schedule and although there is still no date to implement this measure, the device is…
The export and import prices of industrial products moderated their advance in November, although they continued at very high rates, of 10.6% and 15.7%, respectively, according to data published this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). In the…
The Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) has approved the Indicative Railway Strategy for the period 2021-2026, which includes mobilizing 24,200 million euros in investments. As published this Friday in the Official State Gazette (BOE), Minister Raquel Sánchez…
The economic ravages of ‘zero covid’, the growing geopolitical turbulence, the real estate crisis or the results of the Congress of the Communist Party of China (CCP) caused significant losses in the Asian country’s stock markets, all of them in…
Boosting the competitiveness of the European Union (EU) amid an uncertain economic climate marked by the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and skyrocketing inflation will be one of the central objectives of the Swedish presidency of the European Council,…
People travelling from China to Spain will have to test negative for COVID-19 or prove they are fully vaccinated against the disease, Spain’s top health official announced on Friday. Earlier this month, China began dismantling the world’s strictest COVID-19 regime,…
Natural Gas Futures fell during the European session on Friday. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, Natural Gas Futures for delivery in February they were trading at US$4.52 per million British thermal units. At the time of writing they are…
The board of directors of the Cercle d’Economia has appointed Miquel Nadal, who was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 2000 and 2002, as the new director general of the organization. The Cercle thus resumes the figure of general…
Annual house price growth in the United Kingdom slowed further “sharply” in December, financial institution Nationwide said on Friday, adding that in the last month of 2022 prices also posted their worst run since 2008 on a monthly basis. In…
Spain’s main stock index opened lower in its final session of 2022, on track to close its best quarter in two years on optimism that central banks have beaten the pulse of inflation despite concerns about COVID-19 in China. At…
Oil prices rose on Friday, on track for a second but modest annual gain in a row in a tumultuous year marked by supply shortages from the Ukraine war, a strong dollar and weakening demand from the world’s top crude…
The main cryptocurrency predictions for January 2023 are that the price of Ethereum will outperform Bitcoin, the Bitcoin (BTCD) dominance rate will fall and Sunny spot will be one of the biggest losers. Ethereum price will surpass BitcoinThe pair ETH/BTC It emerged from…
Consumer prices in Spain rose 5.8 percent in December, the slowest annual pace this year, thanks to lower electricity prices compared with a year ago, advanced data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Friday. All in all, core…
European stock markets fell on Friday, and investors were cautious about the end of a brutal year marked by Russia’s war in Ukraine, rising inflation and tightening monetary policy. At 03:15 ET (08:15 GMT), the DAX index in Germany it…