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December 5, 2024

Colombia Economic Outlook. December 2024

GDP will grow 2.5% in 2025 and 3.2% in 2026, driven by private consumption in durable goods, semi-durables, and services starting in 2026, and by fixed investment in infrastructure, machinery, and housing. Inflation will be 3.1% in 2026, with lower interest rates strengthening financial conditions.

December 5, 2024

Spain Economic Outlook. December 2024

GDP growth in 2024 has been revised upward by 0.2 percentage points, reaching 3.1%, driven by stronger-than-expected performance in the third quarter and a slight acceleration in job creation in the fourth. Growth is projected at 2.3% in 2025 and could settle at 1.7% in 2026.

December 4, 2024

Peru Economic Outlook. December 2024

The Peruvian economy will grow 3,1% in 2024, 0,2pp more than expected in October. The revision mainly reflects the third quarter positive surprise. For 2025 we expect a 2,7% expansion, amid a challenging external context, but also when large infrastructure projects will begin construction.

December 2, 2024

Argentina | Real Estate and Construction Outlook 2024

The change of cycle expected by the sector was confirmed. The repeal of the Rent Law, the resurgence of loans, a greater control of inflation and recovering real wages augur a further expansion of the real estate market.

November 29, 2024

Colombia | Palm oil: A promising bet for the future

Despite the challenges facing the sector, products like palm oil hold significant potential, not only due to their high productivity and capacity to drive development but also because Colombia possesses substantial advantages for its production.

November 29, 2024

China Economic Outlook. November 2024

Chinese authorities have promulgated a large size stimulus package to support domestic growth, amid Trump's win in the US presidential election.

November 28, 2024

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Mexico Economic Outlook. November 2024

We keep our GDP growth forecast for 2024 unchanged at 1.2%, and 1.0% for 2025; the favorable impact of economic activity in 2H24 is offset by lower exports and investment in the face of new tariffs next year.

November 28, 2024

Colombia | Sowing the future: Agricultural sector - Palm Oil Report Summary

The country benefits from strategic location and high productivity, enabling exponential growth of this crop over recent decades. As the world's fourth-largest producer and the leading producer in the Americas, Colombia's potential paves the way for consolidation in new markets.

November 26, 2024

Mexico | Lower surplus reflects higher economic dynamism in 3Q24

The current account surplus in the third quarter of 2024 was lower than the corresponding figure for the same period of 2023 mainly due to the deficit in the balance on non-oil related goods.

November 4, 2024

Mexico | Regional Sectoral Outlook. Second Half 2024

The Mexican economy will grow at an annual rate of 1.2% by the end of 2024. Construction will close with a GDP growth of 10.1%, accumulated to the 2Q24, and will sustain the weak growth of the Mexican economy in 2024.

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December 11, 2024

Global | BBVA Research Big Data Geopolitics Monitor. December 11, 2024

Al-Assad's Syrian Regime finally collapses with several regional implications and Mohammed al-Bashir is appointed as interim Leader.

December 10, 2024

Mexico | Foreign investment review: strategic oportunity in the USMCA

Tensions surrounding the growing Chinese investment in Mexico present an opportunity to strengthen its regulatory framework for foreign investment review, and for the country to influence decision-making on the issue within the North American region.

December 9, 2024

Spain | The impact on the economy of the increase in US trade tariffs

It may well be negative in the short run, although it should be cushioned by the relatively low direct exposure of the Spanish economy to trade with the US. In the medium term, the outcome will be determined by the goals set by the new US President and the economic policy responses, both in the eurozone and in Spain.

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