Bloomberg Spain is sticking to its strategy of raising the minimum wage to tackle the growing wealth gap in the country amid the fastest acceleration in inflation in nearly a decade, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said. “It’s an important instrument to reduce inequality, which has risen in our country in the past years,” Calvino, who also serves as deputy prime ...

Bloomberg Italian Finance Minister Daniele Franco said the country’s economy will expand at least 5.8% this year amid the pandemic recovery, which may allow the government to improve deficit and debt targets. “We are seeing a significant economic recovery,” Franco said at the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, northern Italy. The new forecast compares with a 4.5% projection announced in April ...

Bloomberg Elections often drive big swings in the foreign-exchange market, with the risk of radical change this year pushing down the Peruvian sol and the Chilean peso. Not so for Canada. There has been little-to-no premium priced into the Canadian dollar — relative to the greenback — due to the last five federal elections, Bipan Rai, the head of foreign-exchange ...