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We analyse individuals’ electricity bill direct debit payments made from CaixaBank accounts to determine how the increase in prices affected the finances of Spanish households.

Central banks are now accelerating the tightening of financial conditions in an attempt to eliminate demand-side pressures, at least while supply remains subject to all kinds of obstacles.

After using our consumption indicator to analyse the data on expenditure at petrol stations paid for with CaixaBank customer bank cards, we once again found that not all consumers reacted equally to the rise in fuel prices.

We are entering an area of turbulence, where volatility and uncertainty are on the rise, macroeconomic stability is back in focus and pilot error comes at a high price. 

We analyse the purchasing power of the stock of Spanish households’ financial assets in a context of high inflation.

In many developed economies, housing prices have been rising significantly for years – a trend which only accelerated during the pandemic. However, some of those housing markets have begun to experience a correction in the current context of higher interest rates and an erosion of household real disposable income.

The saving capacity of Spanish households reduced significantly in 2022, it has been very rapid because of the inflationary context.

Spain’s foreign sector has produced very good results and shown a remarkable resilience to numerous adverse economic events in the last decade. Will it maintain its competitiveness in the current inflationary context?