Brenda joined the Global Economic Scenarios unit at BBVA Research in 2022. She holds a PhD in Quantitative Economics from the University of Alicante (UA) and a Masters degree from the same institution. Her academic research has focused on risk assessment and portfolio management with financial econometrics models; however, she is interested in several fields such as macroeconomics, behavioral economics and artificial intelligence. She obtained her degrees in Economics and Business Administration in the University of Costa Rica, being part of the academic development program of the Economics department from this university.
She has been teaching assistant of several courses such as Macroeconomic Theory III (UCR), Econometrics II (UA), Statistics (UA) and Introduction to Economics' instructor (UCR).October 7, 2024
Despite uncertainty and high interest rates, investment remains strong in countries like the U.S. and France, especially in intellectual property and ICT, but not in Spain, Canada, and most emerging markets. GDP growth remains key, but digitalization and climate transition policies will drive future investment.
