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IMF Country Focus. Spanish Recovery: Key Numbers
Spain has been a success story as crisis recoveries go. The country took the right reforms to get back on its feet after the blow it suffered when its economy slumped in 2008: its economy has expanded for the fourth year in a row. But while its growth is healthy and the country has regained much of its competitiveness, many people are still jobless, productivity is low, and the country is highly indebted to foreign creditors.
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NewsPep&Co to expand into Europe through Dealz tie-up
Pep&Co will roll out shop-in-shops in Poundland’s European retail arm Dealz next year in Ireland, France and Spain.
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Spanish external sector and competitiveness: facts and figures
In the year to September 2017, exports advanced by 9.1% compared to the same period of 2016 to €205.6 bn and imports expanded by 11.1% to €224.1 bn. In real terms, exports grew by 8.6% y/y, and imports grew by 5.6% y/y. Spain’s trade deficit increased to €18.6 bn compared to the same period of 2016 (deficit of €13.2 bn). The export/import coverage ratio reached 91.7%, 1.7 pp lower than in the same period of 2016 (93.4%, provisional data). The attached updated document provides additional key facts and figures of Spain’s external sector.
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NewsSpectacular pylon will top Champlain Bridge mark 2
Champlain Bridge is among Montreal’s main road links and Canada’s busiest bridge, with an average 136,000 crossings per day. Due to extreme climate conditions and the use of road salt on the pavement, it is suffering progressive deterioration that maintenance and repair processes have not been able to stop.
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NewsSony, Ikiru Films, 4Cats partner on horror 'El Pacto'
Screendaily Spanish director to watch begins shoot on horror tale.
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News£70m cable car for Swansea's Kilvey Hill
A £70m scheme for a cable car with toboggan slide, zip wire and restaurant overlooking Swansea Bay could be up and running by 2020.
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NewsDerby-based experts to help make commerical electric plane
Experts from Derby-based manufacturer Rolls-Royce are to be part of an “exciting” collaborative project to develop an electric-hybrid plane.
