Without a budget, but with an improved credit rating. Moody's, one of the major credit rating agencies, has upgraded the Catalan government's solvency rating to Baa3, moving it from speculative to more reliable investment grade. It also improved the rating of Barcelona City Council, in addition to 13 other regional governments, such as Valencia and the Basque Country. The rating for Catalonia is the same as, for example, Italy's.

Grifols' outlook improves after a period of stock market penalties. Credit rating agency Moody's has upgraded the Catalan multinational blood products company's rating from B3 to B2 and its probability of default rating from B3 to B2-PD. At the same time, it maintains its outlook on the company as "positive."