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…
CdM | In the first half of the year, coinciding with the blackout on 28 April, gas consumption for electricity generation in Spain rose by 41.2%, as the country relied heavily on fossil fuels to stabilise its electricity grid. As Enagás pointed out in a statement on its results, the growth in demand for gas for electricity generation was due to the ‘increased share of combined cycles after the blackout,…
CdM | The gross return on buying a property to put on the rental market fell to 7.2% in the second quarter, compared to 7.5% in the same period in 2024, according to a study by Idealista. Offices remain the most profitable real estate investment. They offer a gross return of 11.5%, down from 12.8% twelve months ago. Commercial premises offer a return of 10.1% (9.7% a year ago) and…
CdM | Spain received 9.4 million international tourists in May, 1.5% more than in the same month last year, whose total expenditure reached €12.254 billion, an increase of 4.9%, according to data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The United Kingdom was the main country of residence, with almost 2.1 million tourists and an increase of 7.3% compared to May 2024. France accounted for 1.2 million (down 6.7%) and…
CdM | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by two tenths of a percentage point year-on-year in June to 2.2%, due to higher fuel and food prices, according to data released on Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), reports Europa Press. With the upturn in the year-on-year CPI in the sixth month of the year, inflation is rising again after three consecutive months of declines in its year-on-year rate….
Link Securities | Spain’s trade deficit fell by 16.6% year-on-year in April to €3.8824 billion, driven by the decline in the energy deficit, according to figures published yesterday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business. Spanish exports in April reached €32.51 billion, the second highest figure for the month of April. This represents a 2.2% year-on-year growth in exports in April, after adjusting for the calendar effect (which was…
CdM | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell by two tenths of a percentage point in May, standing at 2% year-on-year, the lowest level since October 2024, when it stood at 1.8%, according to final data published on Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). This figure is slightly higher than the provisional estimate, which predicted a drop of three tenths of a percentage point to 1.9%. Despite the difference,…
Bankinter | The final CPI for April confirms 2.2% year-on-year, one tenth below the previous month. The underlying rate confirms the rise to 2.4% year-on-year from 2.0% previously. In month-on-month terms, the general rate rose 0.6% (versus 0.1% previously) and the underlying rate rose 1.0% (versus 0.4% previously). Analysis team opinion: Moderate fuel and electricity prices contributed to the moderation of the overall CPI in April. However, the core rate…
Link Securities | According to the Border Tourist Movement Survey (FRONTUR), Spain received nearly 6.6 million international tourists in March, 3.8% more than in the same month of 2024. The United Kingdom was the main country of residence for tourists arriving in Spain, with more than 1.2 million tourists in March and an increase of 3.6% compared to the same month in 2024. From Germany, 896,441 tourists arrived (down 1.4%)…
Natalia Luna (Columbia Threadneedle Investments) | Last Monday, Spain and Portugal suffered a major power outage that left both countries without electricity for around 12 hours. The blackout affected public transport, network services and hospitals, although some critical services were fortunately able to withstand the outage thanks to emergency generators. According to my research, this appears to be the worst blackout on record in Europe. Nationwide blackouts of this kind…