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August 7, 2024
Global | New times for investment?
Investment in fixed capital has grown strongly in recent years in a number of geographies. Recent trends indicate that digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and the energy transition will help sustain, and even accelerate, investment spending.
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May 6, 2024
Spain | Are the seams starting to show?
GDP continues to rise sharply. However, the data shows a growth pattern that is unlikely to be sustainable in the long term. Even so, the differential growth that the Spanish economy is showing is something to be celebrated.
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December 22, 2023
Colombia | Christmas shopping in Colombian homes
Christmas changes Colombians' consumption habits. In this opinion column we look at what the official DANE figures and our BBVA Big Data Consumption Tracker data say about household spending trends in December.
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May 29, 2023
Europe | (Fiscal) Rules vs discretion
The rules versus discretion debate is back on the table, focusing not only this time on monetary policy (where central banks are having a hard time convincing the markets that inflation will return to target), but also on the reform of European fiscal rules.
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April 17, 2023
Spain | Pension reform and social preferences
Over the last two years we have witnessed numerous changes to the pension system in Spain, making it more generous, but less self-sufficient, with a larger structural deficit, no adjustment for increased life expectancy and greater dependence on transfers from the State.
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February 6, 2023
US | The debt as a global problem
Again, as in 1995, 2011 and 2013, uncertainty over whether the US Congress will raise the Federal Government's borrowing limit is beginning to cause concern in the financial markets, which could increase going forward.
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February 1, 2023
Spain | NGEU funds, we welcome you with open arms
More than a year and a half after the implementation of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), the excitement is turning into disappointment, as there is a perception that the funds are failing to reach households and businesses.
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September 21, 2022
Spain | Stagnation and inflation: a challenge for public policy
Activity data reflect a negative balance for the last few months and, although inflation may have reached a turning point, this context of weak activity and rising prices poses a huge challenge for public policies.
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