Spanish outlook
Spain’s economic and fiscal outlook
GDP growth is expected to slow to 1.5% in 2024, down 0.9% from this year, although still significantly above the EU average, with inflation also expected to ...
Mortage prepayment
Mortgage prepayment: An alternative to saving
After one year of intense interest rate increases, coupled with very slow pass-through to deposit rates, households have moved decisively to reconfigure their ...
Insurance sector
The resurgence of insurance products in Spain
In what looks to be the tail end of the monetary policy tightening cycle, the insurance business in Spain is staging spectacular growth in revenue (premiums), ...
Deposit remuneration
Deposit remuneration in Spain
The ultra-expansionary monetary policy in place until 2021 had the obvious benefit of providing official liquidity at a time when the banks were finding it ...