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Spanish public debt grows at 3.8%, faster than GDP, but runaway inflation reduces it to 99.9% of GDP

According to data from the Bank of Spain (BdE), public administration debt stood at 99.9% of GDP in July, 2.4 percentage points lower than a year earlier, dropping below 100% for the first time since February 2020. In absolute terms, the debt balance rose to EUR 1.744 trillion, a 3.8% increase year-on-year, although it decreased from the EUR 1.763 trillion reached in June. By level of government, central government (State)…

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Spain pays 2,000 million euros a month in unemployment benefits, up 22% from four years ago

Official figures indicate a drop in unemployment; however, rising wages—driven by higher contribution bases—the upward adjustment of maximum benefit ceilings set by law, and the impact of inactive discontinuous-fixed workers (fijos discontinuos) are driving up total expenditure on unemployment benefits. The cumulative bill between January and July—the latest available data—amounts to 14,695 million euros, representing an average monthly outlay slightly exceeding 2,000 million euros. As a result, over the first…