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Spanish economy 25th June 2020

Spain: The Dismal Inputs From The Reconstruction Committee

Juan Pedro Marín Arrese | Spain faces dire prospects according to most estimates, as its crucial tourist sector is taking a heavy toll. Up to now,the Government has struggled to mitigate the ensuing onslaught on employment by financing temporary layoffs and supporting low-income households. Yet, GDP will plunge in 2020 and will probably display a sluggish rcovery in the following couple of years. Lower income levels and a substantial surge in unemployment will sharply cut down demand and output.

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Spanish economy 28th April 2020

What If There Is A V-Shaped Recovery?

A glimmer of hope in the macro scenario managed by Banco Santander’s Research team. Compared to more somber estimates such as those from the Bank of Spain or BBVA Research, the experts at Santander Corporate & Investment do believe in a V-shaped recovery.Banco Santander’s base scenario envisages a 5.2% fall in Spanish GDP this year compared with 8.3% growth in 2021.

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Spanish Politics 23rd November 2016

Spain’s Recovery In The Context Of Trump’s Victory

Since the beginning of 2014, the Spanish economy has been recovering from a very tough crisis – unemployment jumped from 8% in 2008 to 26% at the start of 2014 and has now fallen to 18.9%. This is in part thanks to the ECB’s extremely expansionary monetary policy and low interest rates. Now after Donald Trump’s victory, everything could become unstable.

 

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Interviews 24th July 2015

“This is new in Spain’s history: employment growing faster than GDP”

MADRID | July 24, 2015 | By Fernando Barciela | Economist, businessman and former minister at several Spanish socialist cabinets between 1982 and 1993, Carlos Solchaga praises the big steps taken by the Spanish labour reform –the main of which he claims were made in the years ‘93 and ‘94, while he was a member of the government. This is the first part of our conversation. 

 

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Spanish economy 23rd July 2015

Spain in “solid recovery mode” (Barclays)

The Corner | July 23, 2015 | The Spanish economy grew by 0.9% q/q in Q1 15. Q2 data suggest that activity accelerated to 1.1% q/q, taking full-year 2015 growth to 3.3%, on Barclays estimates. “We think that the risks to the Spanish growth outlook are balanced, especially as the likelihood of Grexit has dropped,” the bank analysts commented on their July economic bulletin.

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In Europe, Spanish economy 4th November 2013

Spain: A mild recovery arrived, along with international investors

LONDON | By Barclays analysts | Several data releases over the past few days confirm that the Spanish economy has left behind a very long recession. The data confirm our view of a very gradual recovery in economic activity starting in Q3 2013 (seeEuropean Economics Quarterly, October 2013, for details). The economy grew at +0.1% q/q in Q3 13 after nine consecutive quarters of negative prints.