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Labour costs up 8.9% in 1Q23 according to Banco de España

According to the advance data on the evolution of the main magnitudes of the behaviour of the domestic business fabric provided every three months by the Bank of Spain through what it calls the Central Balance Sheet Data Office, the average remuneration of workers in Spanish companies increased by 5.9% in the first quarter of the year, above the average inflation for the period and well above the 2.8% average…


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Spain recovers 70% of lost competitiveness against the euro zone

Divorce Advice How To Get Over Your Ex During the 15 years of real state boom, prices and salaries in Spain rose drastically, causing a strong loss of national companies' competitiveness. In the last four years, the country has regained 13 of 16 points, which means a 70% of the total, largely because of lower unit labour costs, the financial newspaper Cinco Días said in its Thursday edition. The Bank of Spain competitiviness…