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Jose Garcia Montalvo

Ph.D. Harvard University 1993

  • Jun 30

    Euribor flatlines at 2.80% in June amid Middle East peace hopes, yet mortgage bills keep climbing

    Spain’s Euribor, the benchmark for most variable-rate mortgages, closed June at 2.801%, nearly unchanged from May’s two-decade high of 2.804%. The pause follows an ECB rate hike and tentative US-Iran peace talks that cooled inflation fears, but year-on-year comparisons mean households reviewing loans face increases of up to €130 a month.

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