The Spanish Economy

Economic Policy Measures

This section provides a brief description and an updated assessment of the Spanish government's main economic policy initiatives. It is divided in labour market, good and services market and social policies. It also provides a brief description of forthcoming measures that have already been announced, along with a concrete calendar for expected approval/implementation. For additional information on long-run policy guidelines, please click on the link "The Strategy for a Sustainable Economy".

LABOUR MARKET

• Labour market reform 2012
  • Brief description (May 17th, 2012) (PDF approx. 37 KB)
  • Macroeconomic impact (May 17th, 2012) (PDF approx. 79 kB)

GOODS AND SERVICES MARKET POLICIES

• Fiscal reform in order to ensure the sustainability of the energy system (PDF approx 170KB)
• Removal of license schemes in retail sector activity (May 25th) (PDF approx. 160KB)
• National Competition Authority and Network Industry Regulators Reform (May 17th, 2012) (PDF approx. 36 KB)

SOCIAL POLICIES

• Restructuring of Mortgage Debts for Exclusion Threshold (April 23th, 2012) (PDF approx. 115KB)

 

international organization assessments

• IMF concluding statement of the mission Article IV (June 15, 2012) (link to the IMF web)
• EC recommendation on National Reform and Stability Program (June 8th, 2011) (PDF approx. 37 KB)
• OECD Economic Survey 2010 (February 28th, 2011) (PDF approx. 369 KB)

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