More than 22% of Spaniards lived in poverty in 2013: Data

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 20:59

More than 22 percent of people in Spain were living in poverty in 2013, the year the country`s recession officially ended, new official data showed Tuesday.

Spanish economy grows by 1.4% in 2014

Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015, 15:43

Growth accelerated in the fourth quarter to 0.7 percent from 0.5 percent in the third quarter, according to provisional figures from the National Statistics Office.

Spanish economy shows signs of getting back on track

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 09:34

The number of people registered as unemployed in 2014 dipped by 253,627 to 4.45 million, the labour ministry said this week.

Bleak 2015 for Spaniards still engulfed by economic crisis

Last Updated: Sunday, January 4, 2015, 10:44

Behind the iron door of a ground floor flat in Madrid`s working-class suburb of Vallecas around 30 people have gathered as Veronica Hidalgo announces she will be evicted from her home in 2015.

Moody's raises Spain rating outlook to stable

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 10:07

Moody's has raised its rating outlook for Spain to "stable" from "negative", citing signs of real improvement in the economy and government finances.

Spain confirms exit from recession

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 17:24

Spain Thursday said it has technically escaped a two-year recession by posting feeble growth in the third quarter, but with an unemployment rate still towering at 26 percent.

Spain exits recession, raising timid hopes for Europe

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 21:04

Spain inched out of its two-year recession with timid growth in the third quarter, the country`s central bank said on Wednesday, fuelling fragile hopes of a broader eurozone recovery.

Spanish debt to near 100% of GDP in 2014

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 12:03

Spain's public debt will reach 99.8 percent of the gross domestic product at the end of 2014, totaling some 1.05 trillion euros (about USD 1.41 trillion), the government has announced.

Economy contracted in second quarter: Bank of Spain

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 12:41

The economy contracted 1.8 percent on a year-on-year basis, the Bank of Spain Economic Bulletin said.

Spain will emerge stronger from economic crisis: Rajoy

Last Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013, 10:52

Spain will emerge stronger from the economic crisis and will return to prosperity, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said ahead of the Iberian Summit.

Spanish economy will recover in 2014: Mariano Rajoy

Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 18:18

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called Wednesday for staying the course on the reforms implemented by his government and said that adjusting the deficit target had avoided "the strangulation" of society.