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Spanish Inflation Ticks Higher Than Expected as ECB Mulls Rate Cuts

Inflation in Spain rose for a fourth straight month, a signal to European Central Bank policymakers that price pressures remain ahead of its first meeting of 2025 next month, the Wall Street Journal reported. Consumer prices rose 2.8% in December compared with the same month of 2023, up from 2.4% in November, according to European Union harmonized data published Monday by Spanish statistics agency INE. Base effects in energy drove the rise, though core inflation—a measure of underlying inflationary trends that excludes food and energy prices—also ticked up in December, INE said.
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Spain Opens Its Doors to China as a European Trade War Looms

In January, the Catalan regional government in Spain created a specialized desk dedicated to increasing investment and trade with China, the world’s second-largest economy. In July, the Port of Barcelona approved plans to build a terminal with direct access to the port’s railway for electric vehicles that China is exporting to Europe, the New York Times reported. Last month, during a visit to Beijing by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the Chinese wind turbine giant Envision Energy agreed to team up with his government and invest $1 billion to build a green hydrogen industrial park.
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