MODIFICACIONAUTORES
Spanish banks and monetary policy in 2022
With the COVID-19 pandemic still threatening economic recovery and inflation running the highest it has this century, monetary authorities in the US and Europe have taken different approaches to normalisation, with US monetary policy likely more hawkish in the shortterm. Within this context, Spanish banks will continue to face acute profitability challenges in 2022, which they will increasingly seek to address through digitalisation and transition to a platform-based model.