Population ageing poses one of the most significant fiscal challenges Spain will face over the coming decades. This policy brief applies the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) methodology to quantify how the taxes paid and public benefits received are distributed across the life cycle in Spain in 2024. The fiscal life cycle: →   A representative individual […]

The RealTimeTracker, our real-time monitoring and forecasting model, estimates GDP growth of 0.7% in Q3 2025, in line with the figures recorded in recent quarters. It also anticipates, with still very incomplete information, an increase of +0.5% in Q4, which would suggest a moderate slowdown in growth in the final quarter of the year. The 0.7% increase would have […]

Macro analysis in partnership with EY Insights. The RealTimeTracker, our real-time tracking and forecasting model, estimates that GDP quarterly growth will be at +0.6% in Q4 2024, showing moderation compared to previous quarters. Service indicators drove this GDP growth in the quarter, while investment in capital goods and construction contributed less. Despite this moderation, we […]

La inflación está suponiendo una pérdida severa de poder adquisitivo para muchas familias en España, especialmente las de menores ingresos. Ante este problema, el 1 de enero de 2023 el gobierno español optó por poner en marcha una reducción del IVA de los alimentos de primera necesidad del 4% al 0%; y otros alimentos básicos […]

Information management during the pandemic has revealed serious weaknesses in data coordination.