Spain | Increased defense spending: identifying the sectors that benefit

Summary

Increased defense spending could provide a significant boost to economic activity, with ripple effects across multiple sectors, including the metals industry, machinery, and telecommunications services.

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• Key points:
• The economic impact of defense spending is significantly amplified when indirect effects are factored in. At the sectoral level, alongside the traditional defense industry, activities such as telecommunications, electronic components, and machinery stand out as major beneficiaries.
• Spain's production structure limits its ability to capture these effects compared to other European economies, due to less specialization and greater dependence on imports.
• In international comparison, countries like Germany, France, and Italy are better positioned to capture the effects of increased defense spending, thanks to greater integration and specialization within their industrial sectors.
• At the regional level, the benefits are concentrated in regions with a stronger industrial and technological base, such as Madrid, the Basque Country, Navarre, and Catalonia.

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