CdM | Exports grew by 3.5% year-on-year in July, reaching €34.419 billion, an all-time high for this month, according to customs trade data collected in the Monthly Foreign Trade Report of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, prepared by the Secretary of State for Trade. This is the third consecutive month of growth. The sectors with the largest positive contributions to the annual rate of change in exports (3.5%)…
CdM | In July, industrial turnover rose by 1.9% compared to the same month last year, while the service sector increased by 4.7%. In both cases, the rate is 1.7 points lower than the previous month, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). Thus, industry sales have seen two months of year-on-year increases, and service sector sales have seen 16 consecutive months of positive year-on-year rates. In terms…
CdM | In July, public administration debt moderated its weight on gross domestic product (GDP) to 102.3%, a decrease of 1.9 percentage points compared to a year earlier. In absolute terms, it stood at €1.68 trillion, with a year-on-year growth rate of 3.9%, according to data from the Excessive Deficit Protocol published by the Bank of Spain. By subsector, central government debt stood at €1.525 trillion, with a year-on-year increase…
Link Securities | The National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that industrial production in Spain fell by 0.5% in July compared to June, according to seasonally and calendar-adjusted data. By sector of activity, in July, the production of durable consumer goods rose the most (1.3%), while capital goods experienced the greatest contraction (3.6%). In year-on-year terms, in seasonally and calendar-adjusted data, industrial production rebounded in July in Spain by 2.5% (1.9%…
Link Securities | According to the Harmonised Labour Cost Index (ICLA) published by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the labour cost per hour worked increased by 3.8% in Spain in Q2 2025 compared to the same period last year (up 3.7% in Q1 2025), in seasonally and calendar-adjusted figures. In unadjusted data, the year-on-year change in the cost per hour was 5.4% (up 1.9% in Q1 2025). In turn, wage…
Singular Bank | According to data from the INE (National Statistics Institute), in July the year-on-year rate of variation in industrial prices in Spain slowed by 0.7 p.p. to 0.3% (versus 1.0% in June). By item, energy prices slowed their growth to 1.5% year-on-year (versus 4.0% in June), while consumer goods prices fell by 1.3% (versus a drop of 1.7% in the previous month). Meanwhile, in monthly terms, industrial prices…
CdM | Public administration debt stood at 103.4% of gross domestic product (GDP) in June, down 1.9 percentage points from a year ago, according to data from the Excessive Deficit Protocol (PDE) published by the Bank of Spain. In absolute terms, the debt balance stood at €1.691 trillion in June, with an interannual growth rate of 4%. By subsector, the State debt balance stood at €1.534 trillion, with an interannual…
CdM | The annualised return on equity of Spanish banks rose to 14.43% in the first quarter, compared to 13.72% in the previous quarter. Furthermore, compared to the first quarter of 2024 (12.28%), the increase was 2.15 percentage points, according to statistics published by the Bank of Spain. The capital ratios of all credit institutions increased in the first quarter of 2025. The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio stood…
CdM | The General Business Turnover Index (ICNE) rose by 6% in June, marking two consecutive months of increases, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). This figure represents the highest rate since last March and is almost five points higher than in May. Adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, company turnover in June showed a variation of 5.1% compared to the same month last year. The indices…
CdM | Inflation rose four tenths of a point in July, when the Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 2.7% year-on-year, mainly due to higher electricity and fuel prices, according to final data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE). In detail, the groups that stood out most for their influence on the increase in the annual rate were housing and transport. In the case of housing, the annual rate…