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November 14, 2024
Energy consumption is vital for understanding a country's economic, environmental, and social dynamics. This analysis explores key trends in national energy usage in the United States and offers a comparison of energy consumption among its states, highlighting their diverse impacts on the overall trends.
November 14, 2024
Sales of goods abroad are 2.4% below the levels of two years ago. In that time, exports of services have increased by 24% and GDP has increased by 5.6%. This divergence is not normal.
November 11, 2024
In contrast to the dynamism of government expenditures and service exports observed in recent years, the poor performance of private consumption stands out, only slightly better than that of investment.
November 6, 2024
This note analyzes the contribution of development banking, multiple banking and exclusively BBVA México to financial inclusion by analyzing access with infrastructure at the municipal level and analyzing usage, with information published by the CNBV, comparing the results of 2014Q2 with 2024Q2.
November 4, 2024
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its three flagship reports analyzing the state of play and policy recommendations on the economy (WEO), fiscal policy (Fiscal Monitor) and the financial environment (GFSR). Excellent readings with very elaborate recommendations.
October 25, 2024
Deforestation is not only harmful to the environment, but it also has negative economic and social impacts. Reversing this situation can be achieved through three key approaches: the delineation of protected areas, increasing the productivity of exploited areas, and recognizing the value of natural assets.
October 24, 2024
This Observatory evaluates the factors explaining the cyclical behavior of GDP and private consumption in Spain up to Q2 2024. It analyzes the supply and demand factors behind the GDP per working-age person (PET) gap of -1.3 pp from its trend level and the weaker performance of consumption compared to pre-pandemic levels.
October 21, 2024
In recent years, the main economies of Latin America have successfully achieved a rapid and marked adjustment in their monetary policy in an attempt to curb rising inflation. Today, most of them have inflation at around their average for the last 10 years.
October 21, 2024
As part of the long tradition of calling economics the “dismal” science, I would like to review some of the risk scenarios facing the Spanish economy, now that BBVA Research has raised its GDP growth forecasts for 2024 and 2025 to 2.9% and 2.4%, respectively.
October 21, 2024
Spain faces a fiscal adjustment of around 2.5 percentage points of GDP over the next few years. Its debt and public deficit levels make it vulnerable and must be improved through a more efficient set of public policies.
October 18, 2024
Since 1990, Colombia has lost 9% of its forest area, nearly the size of the Antioquia department. The main drivers include the expansion of agricultural and livestock frontiers, illicit crops, and illegal mining. Deforestation is not only affects the environment but also fails to reduce poverty or enhance productivity.
