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Spanish economy 22nd April 2022

The Social Security Expects 36,000 New Affiliates In April And Already Exceeds 20 Million Contributors

The Social Security estimates that April will close with 36,000 more members and has already exceeded 20 million contributors so far this month, with a total of 20,057,588 members as of Thursday, 21 April. This is according to data presented by the Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, José Luis Escrivá, at a press conference this morning. Escrivá described the data as “very positive”, taking into account “the significant…

Spanish economy 21st April 2022

The offer on scheduled seats for this summer in Spain will reach pre-Covid levels: good news for IAG, which could return to profits in Q2’22

Intermoney | La Asociación de Líneas Aéreas (ALA), the leading organisation in the sector in Spain with 85% of air traffic, announced its forecasts for this summer on Thursday. And the figures for the summer season fuel a moderate optimism. Although a recovery in the sector is not expected until at least 2023, the estimated scheduling for this summer season reaches figures which are very close to those of pre-pandemic…

Spanish economy 21st April 2022

Bizum Reaches 20 Million Users And 1 Billion Transactions

Bizum, the Spanish bank’s mobile payment solution, has reached 20 million users, which means that it is now used by approximately half of the Spanish adult population. In addition, it has also reached 1,000 million transactions, of which 990 million correspond to payments between individuals and 10 million to payments in shops. The volume associated with Bizum transactions has reached €50,558 million since its launch, of which 50,000 were payments…

Spanish economy 21st April 2022

Copying The Portuguese Regulated Electricity Tariff System In Spain Would Reduce The Price By 40%, According To The Chairman Of Iberdrola

The chairman of Iberdrola, Ignacio Sánchez Galán, yesterday called for a modification of the regulated electricity tariff (PVPC): “We have a differential element which is the design of our regulated tariff, unique in Europe. If a design similar to that of other countries is made, the regulated tariff, which only affects ten percent of the energy consumed in Spain, could fall by between 30% and 40%”, he told the media…

Spanish economy 21st April 2022

IMF Downgrades Spain’s Growth Forecast Again: To 4.8% In 2022 And 3.3% In 2023

Link Securities | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered for the second consecutive time the growth forecasts for Spain within a general downward revision of the global GDP for 2022, as reported by the newspaper elEconomista. Spain’s economy will grow by 4.8% in 2022, one point less than in January’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) and 1.6 points less than in October 2021, when the agency predicted a solid 6.4%…

Spanish economy 20th April 2022

Mapfre’s total premiums grow 10.9% yr-on-yr in Q1’22 to €6.537 B vs +8% en 2021

Renta 4 | The company has published an advance of premiums issued in the first quarter of the year, ahead of the release of the quarterly results on April 28th. Insurance premiums grew 12.1% year-on-year in Q1’22, while total group premiums were up 10.9% at 6.537 billion euros (vs 8% yr-on-yr in 2021, +3.5% vs R4e). By geographical areas, in Iberia premiums rose 2.3% year-on-year in Q1’22, to a total…

Spanish economy 20th April 2022

BBVA’s Treasury Stock Now Exceeds 5% But The Share Price Remains Unchanged

BBVA has increased its treasury stock to 5.28% of the bank’s capital, up from 4.38% previously, setting a record high since records began. The increase in treasury shares is in response to BBVA’s programme to buy back up to 3.5 billion euros of these shares. On 18 March 2022, BBVA’s general shareholders’ meeting approved a proposal to reduce the bank’s share capital by up to 10% through the redemption of…

Spanish economy 20th April 2022

Spain Removes The Mask 699 Days Later

The Council of Ministers on Tuesday removed the obligation to wear a face mask indoors. It does so 699 days after the Government established, for the first time on 21 May 2020, the mandatory use of this protection both indoors and outdoors. Since then, entry to bars, shopping centres, banks and supermarkets has been linked to the compulsory use of a mask to prevent the spread of Covid-19. A necessity…

Spanish economy 19th April 2022

Spain Has Executed Less Than A Third Of The European Recovery Funds, Some 6.5 Bn Euros, According To FEDEA.

FEDEA (Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada) analyses existing information on the implementation and execution of investment projects and aid programmes included in the Recovery Plan (RP) and financed by the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRM). So far, programmes and projects representing about one third of the planned expenditure have been launched, but with significant differences between headings. Of the 24 billion of RRM funds budgeted for 2021, 20…

Spanish economy 19th April 2022

The Rise In Exports Does Not Prevent The Trade Deficit (10.775 Bn Euros) From Soaring Up To February

The trade deficit stood at 10.774.7 billion euros in the first two months of the year, which is almost four times the figure recorded in the same period of 2021. The report on foreign trade by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism shows that the energy deficit reached 6.984.5 million euros, double the figure for the same period in 2021 (3.110.4 billion euros), while non-energy exports stood at 3.790.2…