Challenges for Spanish
industry under COVID-19 and beyond

Letter from the Editors

Recovery plan

Spain and the
European Recovery Plan

Given the impact of COVID-19 on Spain’s economy and the country’s fiscal constraints, the ability to access EU-level funding will be key to ...

Spanish economy

The Spanish economy:
Signs of recovery in the midst of high uncertainty

COVID-19 has led to an abrupt decline in output in key sectors, which form the backbone of the Spanish economy, and the projected recovery in the second part ...

Financial sector

Changes in financing trends
and payments preferences under COVID-19

COVID-19 has increased the volume of business loans and disrupted traditional preferences for cash transactions in Spain. While the demand for credit may ...

Bank stocks

Banks’ market
value in times of COVID-19

Although COVID-19 hit banks’ share prices hard across the globe, the effect was particularly acute in Europe. However, analysis shows that those banks ...

Tourism sector

The blow to tourism and
the recovery of the Spanish economy

With the tourism sector having accounted for 12.3% of GDP and 12.7% of employment in 2018, the paralysis of international travel has dealt a hard blow to the ...

Spanish manufacturing

Spanish manufacturing
in the wake of COVID-19

Along with causing a contraction in output, COVID-19 has highlighted some of the vulnerabilities in Spain’s industrial sector including its reliance on ...

High-tech exports

Spanish
high-tech exports

Despite having registered sustained growth in recent years, Spanish exports of high-tech products as a percentage of total exports are the lowest of the four ...

Automotive industry

Challenges for Spain’s auto industry:
Mobility model uncertainty and collapse in exports

Although home to Europe’s second largest automobile industry, the value of Spanish automotive exports has fallen in recent years due to stagnation in ...

Regulation and Economic Outlook
Recent key developments in the area of Spanish financial regulation
Prepared by the Regulation and Research Department of the Spanish Confederation of Savings Banks (CECA)
Spanish economic
forecasts panel: July 2020
Funcas Economic Trends and Statistics Department
Key Facts
Economic Indicators
Financial Systems Indicators
Social Indicators