People walk with their suitcases at Barcelona’s airport Friday. Spain registered its fastest economic growth since before the financial crisis in the second quarter, becoming one of the brightest spot in a struggling eurozone, though a sharp fall in consumer prices showed the economy faced risks. The preliminary National Statistics Institute (INE) reading of 0.6 percent was the strongest quarter-on-quarter rise since the final months of 2007 and beat economists’ forecasts of 0.5 percent, compared to a growth of 0.4 percent in the previous three months.SD-Agenices
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