BBCNEWS Business Briefing December 22, 2017
Catalonia is hugely important for spain. It represents a fifth of the national economy. But it already has one of europes worstjobless rates at over 17 . Since the independence referendum back in october, the vital tourist industry has taken a big hit. And almost 3,000 firms have moved their legal headquarters out of catalonia, including the regions biggest banks caixabank and sabadell. Professorjavier diaz gimenez is professor of economics at Iese Business School in madrid. Thank you forjoining us. The aim of this election was to try to clear things up but itjust caused more uncertainty. Abso...