Publications

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.

The increase in total tourist spending with cards by Spaniards and foreigners slowed during the second four-month period of 2025, standing at 5.7% y/y (4.5 pp less than in the previous period), in a context of rising prices.

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.

In 2024, Catalonia's GDP could have grown by 3.2%, and is expected to increase by 2.6% in 2025 and 1.5% in 2026. Going forward, the evolution of activity will be marked by the high uncertainty surrounding economic and tariff policies and the slow recovery in Europe.

In 2024, La Rioja's GDP could have grown by 3.3%, and is expected to increase by 2.5% in 2025 and 1.4% in 2026. Going forward, the evolution of activity will be marked by high uncertainty regarding economic and tariff policies and the slow recovery in Europe.

This Working Paper briefly describes the latest update made to the sectoral module of the RegData FEDEA-BBVA database, 1955-2023.

In 2024, the GDP of the Basque Country could have grown by 2.4%, and is expected to increase by 2.3% in 2025 and 1.4% in 2026. Going forward, the evolution of activity will be marked by high economic and tariff policy uncertainty and the slow recovery in Europe.