Don't get overwhelmed. We aren't going to talk about out-of-body experiences here, but rather about possible economic leaders for the Spanish government after November 29th. And they don't need to be affiliated with the party. In his first terms, Pedro Sánchez turned to Nadia Calviño, an economist with good contacts in Brussels –where she was a director-general, for example–, who had also held senior positions with Pedro Solbes as minister in the executives of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Once appointed president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), in 2023 she was replaced by Carlos Cuerpo, former secretary-general of the Treasury. With a technical and low-key profile, this doctor of economics does not have a PSOE membership card, like Calviño, and projects a solvent image.

This week's transfer market has been dominated by the appointment of the journalist and businessman Tatxo Benet as new president of FemCATAs reported by ARA, [name omitted] will become the tenth president of the foundation, succeeding Oriol Guixà, whose term has ended and who will now become an honorary trustee. The composition of the board of trustees has also changed, now including two new vice-presidents, Mercè Mullor (Mullor SL) and Pau Vila (LC Paper), while retaining Jaume Alsina (BonÀrea) and Eulàlia Planes (Dispur), who already held these positions. Beyond FemCAT, in Frankfurt, the former Spanish Minister of Economy and current Vice-President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Luis de Guindos, will have to begin his farewell to the institution, as he already has a replacement: the Governor of the Croatian Central Bank will assume the position on June 1st. Additionally, Seat has appointed a new Director of Public Funds, and Mediona has a new CEO.

The Vice President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Luis de Guindos, asserted this Wednesday that housing policies, especially those affecting rentals, have created "bottlenecks" in the market that partly explain the rising prices in the sector. Guindos praised the fact that the Spanish economy is growing, largely thanks to the arrival of foreign immigration, but contrasted this with the fact that "the housing supply is very limited."