Record-breaking €5bn of foreign investment in Catalonia

Catalonia received more than five billion euros of foreign investment for the first time ever, according to data released by the Spanish ministry of economy earlier today. Investment reached €5.05 billion, a slightly higher figure than in 2015, which already set an all-time record at €4.92 billion. The trend continued in the first quarter of 2017, the best in history at €856.4 million.