Macroeconomía

September’s annual revision of Spain’s national accounts data for the years 2020 to 2022 resulted in an upward adjustment to the initially forecast GDP growth figures for 2021 and
2022, underpinned by substantial revisions to the components of GDP growth. While the
revisions reveal a better-than-expected performance of the manufacturing sector, worse
than anticipated investment figures are worrisome in the context of the high degree of potential funding resources available to Spain under Next Generation EU (NGEU).

a partir de los resultados revisados de la contabilidad nacional cabe destacar, en un sentido positivo, el buen comportamiento del sector manufacturero español, y, en un sentido negativo, la preocupante debilidad de la inversión en bienes de equipo.

Whether or not there is a reform of the rules for European macroeconomic policy coordination, policymakers across Europe will need to begin consolidating their fiscal accounts. The high rate of inflation in the wake of the pandemic has eased some of that adjustment burden, but the swift monetary tightening introduced to calm rapid price increases will add to the challenge.