The labour market performed very positively in May, as evidenced by a significant 237,000 uptick in the number of social security affiliates, representing a slightly larger increase than the one forecast by CaixaBank Research.
The pace of Spanish economic growth was again robust in Q1 (0.7% QoQ), in line with CaixaBank Research forecasts and the preliminary figures reported by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) a month ago.
The growth in appraisal prices for housing in the first quarter of the year, which was slightly short of anticipated levels, consolidates the rising trend for housing prices that began in 2015.
The labour market again posted a positive performance during April, as evidenced by the significant 176,000 uptick in the number of social security affiliates, a slightly larger increase than forecast by CaixaBank Research.