Publications

This edition of the QLMO analyzes labor market trends using data available through Q2 2025. It reviews the performance of key aggregate indicators and explores recent developments in the duration of employment relationships.

In 2024, Extremadura's GDP could have grown by 2.9%, and it is expected to increase by 2.1% in 2025 and 1.5% in 2026. Looking ahead, economic activity will be marked by high uncertainty surrounding economic and trade policy and the slow recovery in Europe.

In August, Social Security lost 199,300 contributors and unemployment rose by 21,900 due to seasonal factors. Once seasonally adjusted (SA), the number of contributors increased by 29,900 and the number of unemployed fell by 4,800. The share of temporary contracts in the General Regime stood at 13.7% (SA).

The study estimates the employment effects of utility-scale solar and wind installations in Spain using microdata and local projection methods. Results show significant job creation, varying by phase, plant size, education, and technology, with notable spillovers to economically linked provinces.

Investment in intangible assets — software, talent, branding, R&D — increasingly defines business competitiveness. Although investing in them is key to gaining productivity, their development in Spain presents an uneven picture.

This Working Paper analyzes the settlement payment for 2023 under the common system of autonomous communities financing, recently published by the Ministry of Finance.

The Spanish economy is entering a new phase of expansion in which the drivers of recent growth are running out of steam. Replacing these with new ones will bring a sense of having already crossed this bridge. But neither the Spanish economy nor the bridge are the same as before.

In this publication you will find, on a weekly basis, our selection of the most relevant news regarding financial regulation.