Ricardo Santos News
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Portugal’s first sale of 10-year bonds since its bailout in 2011 attracted demand for more than three times the amount the government was seeking to raise.
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Spanish unemployment rose more than economists forecast in the first quarter to the highest in at least 37 years as efforts to tackle the European Union’s biggest budget deficit crimped economic growth.
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The Spanish government revised up the first estimate of its 2012 budget deficit after the European Union requested that it changes the way it computes tax claims.
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The Spanish government said its 2012 budget deficit will be bigger than first estimated after the European Union requested changes in how tax claims are computed.
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Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho faces a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of some elements in this year’s budget that may challenge the government’s ability to meet deficit targets.
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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Miguel Relvas resigned today, saying he didn’t have the “state of mind” to continue.
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Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s progress in curbing a deficit worsened by the cost of servicing Spain’s swelling debt load will be revealed this week with the release of data on the country’s finances.
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Spanish industrial output declined less than economists expected in January, tempering concerns that the recession may be deepening.
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Portugal’s bond-market rout suggests investors aren’t rewarding the nation’s austerity efforts and are concerned about a Greek-style reduction in debt repayments.
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Spanish unemployment rose to a record in the final quarter of 2012 as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government imposed the deepest budget cuts in the country’s democratic history.
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