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José Luis Escrivá to be new Bank of Spain Governor, in new change of heart by Pedro Sánchez

The Government puts the current Minister of Digital Transformation and Public Function, José Luis Escrivá, at the head of the Bank of Spain (BdE), despite the rejection of the PP, which refuses to propose a candidate for Deputy Governor in order not to endorse a candidacy that it qualifies as an attempt to politicize the institutions. Today, the Spanish media are picking up on Pedro Sánchez’s previous criticism of the…


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Bank of Spain governor bids farewell, recalling that Spain has not been converging with rest of Europe for a decade

“Europe is lagging behind the rest of the major economies and Spain has not been able to achieve sustained convergence in per capita income with the rest of our European partners for more than a decade,” said Pablo Hernández de Cos, governor of the Bank of Spain, who left office yesterday after six years at the helm of the Spanish central bank. The Spanish banker called for “ambition and great…


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Hernández de Cos ends term at Bank of Spain

The governor of the Bank of Spain, Pablo Hernández de Cos, will conclude his six-year term at the helm of the institution tomorrow, Tuesday 11 June, and the government has yet to take a firm decision on his replacement. The Minister of Economy. Carlos Cuerpo, has explained that there is still time to designate a successor to Hernández de Cos, whom he has recognised for his “excellent work” at the…


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The changeover at the Bank of Spain and the ‘lame duck’ moment

Aurelio Medel (5Días) | Power manifests itself through the occupation of spaces and is exercised through the application of a programme. First the chairs, then the BOE (the Official Stare Gazette) . This is how the change of a country’s government is transmitted. Then the legislature advances and the viscous period comes in which the end of the cycle is glimpsed, causing the pieces to shift. This happened in the…


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Bank of Spain Governor bids farewell, warning that little more than 20% of Spaniards trust Government

The Governor of the Bank of Spain, Hernández de Cos, whose term of office ends next June, said farewell to Parliament yesterday, noting that just over 20% of citizens have confidence in the government, which means sharing with France the worst figure among the major European economies. In the case of political parties, the figure does not even reach 10%, and here Spain’s negative lead is indisputable. And Parliament itself…


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Bank of Spain and OECD forecasts for Spain in 2023 coincide in growth of 2.3%

Banca March : The forecasts of the Bank of Spain and the OECD, the bitter and the sweet. Regarding economic growth, the Bank of Spain forecasts values for this year identical to those estimated in the last projection, namely 2.3%. However, expectations for the variation in GDP for the coming years fall (1.8% compared with 2.2% in 2024 and 2% compared with 2.1% in 2025). In the case of the…


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Bank of Spain upgrades GDP growth forecast to 2.3%

BancaMarch: The Bank of Spain raises its GDP growth forecast to 2.3%. This was stated by the agency in its recent publication of macro projections, in which its GDP forecast for Spain for the current year rises from 1.6% to 2.3%. It also expects inflation to fall faster than expected this year, to close at 3.2% on average, as well as forecasting growth above 2% every year until 2025. On…


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Bank of Spain says only 15-20% of anti-crisis measures targeted at vulnerable

The Bank of Spain estimates that the government will allocate between €34,000 and €40,000 million in measures to deal with the energy and inflation crises arising from the war in Ukraine between 2021 and 2025 and, of this total, only between 15% and 20% has been targeted at the most vulnerable incomes, meaning that between 80% and 85% is of a generalised nature. The largest impact would be concentrated in…


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Bank Of Spain Issues a Warning: An Incomplete Recovery With Uncertainties

Fernando González Urbaneja | The Bank of Spain’s Annual Report, usually issued in May/June, is the canonical report for economic experts, the one used as a reference for all those who want to have an informed opinion. This does not mean that it is infallible, but it does mean that it is reliable and trustworthy. Some of the all-knowledgeable people who take up space on television this morning said that…


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Updating Spanish Pensions With 7% Inflation To Cost Near €12,600 M, Says The Bank Of Spain

The Bank of Spain calculates that updating pensions with 7% inflation would cost the public accounts some 12,600 million, following the entry into force of the pension reform that involves revaluing pensions in accordance with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). According to the central bank, taking as a starting point the approximate expenditure on pensions in Spain and an average inflation for the whole year 2022 of 7% (November over…