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21 gru 2022 · Spain faces a rocky 2023 with sluggish economic growth and job creation, high but slowing inflation (6.8% year-on-year in November), soaring electricity bills amid the global energy crunch and water shortages in some areas due to drought.
30 kwi 2024 · The Spanish economy’s main structural problem is low productivity. Productivity per hour worked in Spain has stayed between 10% and 15% below that of the euro area since 2008. What is behind this low productivity?
8 lis 2021 · Its GDP remains 6.6 per cent below pre-pandemic levels. The economy has only just returned to its size in 2016. Pablo Casado, the leader of the country’s centre-right People’s party, accuses the...
16 paź 2020 · All indicators are warning that the mixture has ignited: in 2020, Spain’s gross domestic product (GDP) will shrink by 12.8%, the biggest contraction of all advanced economies, according to the...
26 sty 2023 · GDP and consumption have been slow to return to pre-pandemic levels. With wage growth subdued, inflation has bitten into real incomes. The prices of prominent products are up by more than...
3 mar 2022 · This Observatory assesses the factors explaining the behavior of the Spanish economy between the first quarter of 2020 and the last quarter of 2021, and estimates the structural shocks behind the growth of GDP per working-age person (WAP), the GDP deflator and real wages.
The Spanish economy entered a deep recession in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A strong government response has protected jobs and firms. However, the crisis has exacerbated long-standing structural challenges, such as high unemployment, inequalities and regional disparities.
