Spain's 2024 Job Market: Record Employment Despite Slowdown
Spain's 2024 labor market saw 468,100 new jobs, a record 21,858,900 employed, and 10.6% unemployment—the lowest in 16 years—despite slower growth than in 2023, with concerns about 2025 due to private sector decline and regulatory uncertainty.
Spain's 2024 Job Market: Record Employment Despite Slowdown
Spain's 2024 labor market saw 468,100 new jobs, a record 21,858,900 employed, and 10.6% unemployment—the lowest in 16 years—despite slower growth than in 2023, with concerns about 2025 due to private sector decline and regulatory uncertainty.
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52% Bias Score
Sheinbaum Urges INE to Finalize Rules for Mexico City's Judicial Elections Amidst Budget Cuts and Legal Challenges
Mexico City's mayor is pressing the INE to establish rules for the June election of over 800 judicial officials, citing concerns about opportunistic candidacies and insufficient funds due to a \$670,000 USD budget cut, and a suspended judicial candidate selection process that may disenfranchise cand...
Sheinbaum Urges INE to Finalize Rules for Mexico City's Judicial Elections Amidst Budget Cuts and Legal Challenges
Mexico City's mayor is pressing the INE to establish rules for the June election of over 800 judicial officials, citing concerns about opportunistic candidacies and insufficient funds due to a \$670,000 USD budget cut, and a suspended judicial candidate selection process that may disenfranchise cand...
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44% Bias Score
Spain's Inflation Surges to 2.8% in December 2024
Spain's inflation rate unexpectedly climbed to 2.8% in December 2024, surpassing forecasts due to rising fuel and leisure prices, defying economist predictions and continuing a four-month upward trend.
Spain's Inflation Surges to 2.8% in December 2024
Spain's inflation rate unexpectedly climbed to 2.8% in December 2024, surpassing forecasts due to rising fuel and leisure prices, defying economist predictions and continuing a four-month upward trend.
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36% Bias Score
Spanish Industrial Prices Rise 0.9% in November 2023
Spanish industrial prices rose 0.9% year-on-year in November 2023, ending 20 months of decline, primarily due to a 15.3 percentage point increase in energy prices; however, five regions still saw negative rates.
Spanish Industrial Prices Rise 0.9% in November 2023
Spanish industrial prices rose 0.9% year-on-year in November 2023, ending 20 months of decline, primarily due to a 15.3 percentage point increase in energy prices; however, five regions still saw negative rates.
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36% Bias Score
"Rapid Constitutional Reforms in Mexico Spark Controversy"
"Mexico's Morena party and its allies have swiftly approved 14 constitutional reforms in three months, prompting concerns about the process, with Sergio Gutiérrez Luna, the Chamber of Deputies president, playing a central role and facing accusations of conflicts of interest."
"Rapid Constitutional Reforms in Mexico Spark Controversy"
"Mexico's Morena party and its allies have swiftly approved 14 constitutional reforms in three months, prompting concerns about the process, with Sergio Gutiérrez Luna, the Chamber of Deputies president, playing a central role and facing accusations of conflicts of interest."
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56% Bias Score
INE Requests 1.5 Billion Pesos for June 1st Mexican Elections Amidst Budget Dispute
The Mexican National Electoral Institute (INE) requested 1.5 billion pesos for the June 1st elections to cover additional polling stations (86,000 total), preliminary results, and potential support for repatriated Mexicans, facing resistance from President Claudia Sheinbaum who demanded greater tran...
INE Requests 1.5 Billion Pesos for June 1st Mexican Elections Amidst Budget Dispute
The Mexican National Electoral Institute (INE) requested 1.5 billion pesos for the June 1st elections to cover additional polling stations (86,000 total), preliminary results, and potential support for repatriated Mexicans, facing resistance from President Claudia Sheinbaum who demanded greater tran...
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44% Bias Score
Spanish Fuel Subsidy: €1.073 Billion Lost to Inefficiencies
A Spanish government study reveals that only 15 of the 20 cents per liter fuel subsidy reached consumers, with €857 million going to oil companies and €216 million back to the state through VAT, highlighting inefficiencies in the €4.25 billion plan.
Spanish Fuel Subsidy: €1.073 Billion Lost to Inefficiencies
A Spanish government study reveals that only 15 of the 20 cents per liter fuel subsidy reached consumers, with €857 million going to oil companies and €216 million back to the state through VAT, highlighting inefficiencies in the €4.25 billion plan.
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40% Bias Score
Spanish Household Savings Surge to 7.1% in Q3 2024
Spanish household savings surged to 7.1% of gross disposable income in Q3 2024, a 1.6-point increase year-on-year, driven by lower inflation (2.5% annual average), strong job growth (21.3 million employed), and wage increases.
Spanish Household Savings Surge to 7.1% in Q3 2024
Spanish household savings surged to 7.1% of gross disposable income in Q3 2024, a 1.6-point increase year-on-year, driven by lower inflation (2.5% annual average), strong job growth (21.3 million employed), and wage increases.
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24% Bias Score
Spain Unveils New Rental Index to Curb Excessive Rent Increases
Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE) and Ministry of Housing launched a new rental index on December 31st, 2023, to limit annual rent increases based on a formula considering CPI, core inflation, and long-term growth expectations, as mandated by the Housing Law to protect tenants from excessi...
Spain Unveils New Rental Index to Curb Excessive Rent Increases
Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE) and Ministry of Housing launched a new rental index on December 31st, 2023, to limit annual rent increases based on a formula considering CPI, core inflation, and long-term growth expectations, as mandated by the Housing Law to protect tenants from excessi...
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36% Bias Score
INE Appoints New Executive Secretary Amidst Pending Investigations
The Mexican National Electoral Institute (INE) appointed Claudia Arlett Espino as its new Executive Secretary on December 1st, 2023, despite pending investigations into alleged misappropriation of funds during her time at the Chihuahua Electoral Institute, highlighting a need for greater transparenc...
INE Appoints New Executive Secretary Amidst Pending Investigations
The Mexican National Electoral Institute (INE) appointed Claudia Arlett Espino as its new Executive Secretary on December 1st, 2023, despite pending investigations into alleged misappropriation of funds during her time at the Chihuahua Electoral Institute, highlighting a need for greater transparenc...
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36% Bias Score