Despite the pain inflocted on consumers as a result of the government čs austerity drive and high unemployment, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos remained reasonably upbeat on the first day of the New Year about what the future holds for Spaniards in 2013. In an interview with Spanish radio station Catena Ser, De Guindos said he exacts the economy to be growing at a sufficient pace to start. have have jobs in the last quarter of this year. The government is sticking to its forecast of a contraction in GDP of 0.5 percent this year despite estimate by the IMF and the guided to sat almost triple. The economy is estimated to have shrunk 1.5 percent heart this year year wended weld weet it it it it it it it it it it it it it it it it it it it it it it
Luis de Guindos defends labor reform in spite of emerge in unemployment