Spain · Further good labour market figures in February

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Labour market

The labour market posted a good performance during February, as evidenced by the number of Social Security affiliates rising by 81,483, a faster uptick than seen in the same month 2017 (74,080).

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Spain · Solid GDP growth in Q4

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Growth

The pace of Spanish economic growth remained solid in Q4 (0.7% QoQ), in line with CaixaBank Research forecasts and the preliminary figures reported by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) a month ago.

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Spain · Inflation climbs due to electricity prices

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Inflation

Inflation was up by 5 tenths in February to 1.1%, a slightly sharper increase than anticipated by CaixaBank Research.

Inflation Spain

Spain · Housing prices consolidate their rising trajectory

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Real estate

The sharp increase in housing appraisal prices in the last quarter, slightly sharper than expected, consolidated the rising trend for housing prices, standing for the third consecutive year in positive growth.

Real estate Spain

Spain · Inflation eases due to slumping electricity prices

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Inflation

Inflation eased significantly in January to 0.6%, one tenth higher than the preliminary figure announced by the National Statistics Institute.

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Spain · A good start to the year for the labour market

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Labour market

The labour market performed positively in the first month of the year, as evidenced by social security affiliates climbing 66,578 in seasonally adjusted terms (more than the average monthly increase of 50,935 in 2017).

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Spain · Inflation declines due to electricity prices

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Inflation

Inflation was down by 6 tenths in January to 0.5%, a slightly sharper decline than that anticipated by CaixaBank Research.

Inflation Spain

Spain · The pace of GDP growth slowed in Q4

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Growth

GDP growth slowed 1 tenth in Q4 2017, to 0.7% QoQ, coherent with the CaixaBank Research forecast model estimation.

Growth Spain

Spain · A positive, albeit less buoyant, labour market performance in Q4 2017

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Labour market

The labour market posted a strong performance, but lost some buoyancy in the final stage of the year, as evidenced by sustained employment growth in seasonally adjusted terms, albeit at a slower pace than in previous quarters.

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Spain • Energy causes inflation to ease

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Inflation

Inflation eased significantly in December, to 1.1%, 1 tenth below the preliminary figure announced by the National Statistics Institute.

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