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    Giancarlo Carta
    Giancarlo Carta
    Senior Economist
    Madrid

    Giancarlo Carta has been a BBVA Research economist since 2017, and he has spent his whole career to date in the BBVA Group. Currently he is a member of the Spain Unit, where he handles some of the analysis of Spanish regions within BBVA Research.

    Prior to this, he used to be part of the CEO Office, where he was in charge of the bank’s financial analysis (both for the Board of Directors and for the market and analysts), as well as strategic (KPI tracking) and communication projects.

    In 2013 he received a Degree in Economic Development and International Cooperation from the University of Palermo (Italy - Final Grade 110/110 cum laude). In 2015 he finished a Master’s Degree in International Economy in the Autonomous University of Madrid.

    Latest publications

    May 11, 2023

    Spain | Analysis of national tourist flows in real time between January and April of 2023
    During the first four months of the year, total tourist spending (domestic and foreign) was 39pp above that observed during the same period of 2019 (5pp more than in the previous four-month period), according to spending data with BBVA credit card.

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    April 27, 2023

    Spain | 1Q23 EPA confirmed that the labor market gained momentum
    Employment hardly changed between January and March, improving expectations. After adjusting by seasonality, job creation and total hours worked accelerated (to 1.2% and 0.6% t/t SWDA, respectively). In addition, the unemployment rate (12.6% SWDA) and the temporary employment rate (17.8% SWDA) fell.

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    April 10, 2023

    Spain | From tourism to passenger cars: the new geography of regional growth
    Consumption picks up again in the first quarter of 2023, which continues to boost the most touristic regions. Furthermore, the more industrially oriented territories are benefiting from the gradual disappearance of bottlenecks and lower energy costs.

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