Luis de Guindos, the Spanish Minister of Economy, made the following statement:
- The companies leave Catalonia due to high taxes.
- There is no risk that Spain will fail to pass the 2018 budget.
- The Spanish economy is growing by more than 3% pace.
- Unemployment rates are falling faster than the government expected.
- I do not see any impact on the market from the state of instability in the Catalan region.
