Economic policy.

The article reports on the economic policy measures carried out by the Spanish government. Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has reduced the ministerial operating budget by €1.5 billion to offset unforeseen unemployment growth. The government has approved the merger of savings banks Caja Castilla-La Mancha and Unicaja due to the financial and property crises. Property investment fund Banif will delay the payments to its clients for two years.