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On the eve of Black Friday, we analyse online consumption in Spain by sector and age group using anonymised internal CaixaBank data.

In 2023, the tourism sector in Portugal continued its path of recovery, exceeding expectations and setting new records in various parameters. For 2024, we expect this good performance to be maintained, albeit at a pace closer to cruising speed.

Expenditure on final consumption by Spain’s public administrations has grown significantly in recent years. In this article, we analyse the recent dynamics in public consumption, after first shedding some light on what this concept entails.

We examine NATO’s reasons and objectives of increasing defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, and to what extent it is reasonable to expect the European Union to increase it. 

Although around 80% of Spanish exports to the United States are concentrated in five autonomous communities, no region is facing significant systemic risks. 

Generally speaking, when we use the word uncertainty we are referring to a lack of knowledge about a particular topic, or disagreement over how to interpret known facts. From an economic perspective, it makes measuring or predicting variables such as GDP or inflation more difficult.