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• Banco de España - Statistical Bulletin. March 2021 (April 09, 2021)

  It contains the economic statistics compiled by the BoE (on the credit system, other financial institutions, financial markets, general government and the balance of payments), a summary of general economic statistics, compiled by the INE and other public bodies, and a set of indicators for other countries.

• Long term auction: 8 April 2021  (April 08, 2021 - pdf 89 KB)

  Four references were auctioned with a target range of €5 to €6 bn for the nominal references, and €0.5 to €1 bn for the inflation-linked reference. Jan-2026: €2.47 bn allotted, 1.64 bid to cover, -0.289% weighted average rate. Jan-2028: €2.13 bn allotted, 1.75 bid to cover, -0.035% weighted average rate. Oct-2044: €0.89 bn allotted, 1.80 bid to cover, 1.056% weighted average rate. Nov-2030 €i: €0.62 bn allotted, 1.61 bid to cover, -0.908% weighted average rate. The gross issuance of medium- and long-term bonds of the regular funding programme stands at €66.9bn (36,3% of the projected figure for 2021).

• IHS Markit Services PMI. March 2021 (April 07, 2021)

  The headline seasonally adjusted Business Activity Index registered 48.1 during March, up from 43.1 in February. Although remaining below the 50.0 no-change mark that separates growth from contraction for an eighth successive month, the rate of contraction was the slowest in the current sequence.

• Labour Market: Social Security covered workers. March 2021  (April 06, 2021 - pdf 60 KB)

  Social Security system contributors increased by 70,790 persons (0.38%, m/m). In seasonally adjusted terms, Social Security contributors decreased by 45,538 persons. Versus a year earlier, the annual decrease in recorded affiliation is 85,900 (-0.5% y/y).

• Labour Market: Registered unemployment. March 2021  (April 06, 2021 - pdf 65 KB)

  Registered unemployment decreased by 59,149 persons (-1.48%, m/m). In seasonally adjusted terms, registered unemployment decreased by 31,277 persons. Versus a year earlier, the annual increase in registered unemployment is 401,328 (+11.31% y/y).

• IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI. March 2021 (April 01, 2021)

  The headline IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI maintained its recent positive trend in March, rising to 56.9 from 52.9 in February. Posting above the 50.0 no-change mark for a second successive month, the latest PMI figure was the highest since December 2006.

• Budget Execution (March 31, 2021)

  The consolidated budget outturn of the General Government, excluding Local Administrations, in January 2021 was a deficit of -0.66% of GDP (Central Government, -0.58%; Regional Governments, -0.11%; Social Security System, +0.03%; financial aid, 0.00%) against -0.55% recorded in January 2020. The State deficit to the end of February stood at -1.31% of GDP against -1.00% recorded in February 2020.

• Banco de España: General government debt under the Excessive Deficit Protocol (EDP). (March 31, 2021)

  General government debt under the Excessive Deficit Protocol (EDP) according to the spring EDP notification to the European Commission, amounted to €1.35 trillion at the end of December 2020. Using nominal GDP, in 2020 the debt/GDP ratio stood at 120%, 24.5 pp up on 2019. This growth is due to both the increase in debt in absolute value and the decline in GDP. The annual growth rate of outstanding debt was 13.2%.

• Indicator Summary Chart  (March 31, 2021 - pdf 63 KB)

• Quarterly National Accounts Q4-20 (March 26, 2021)

  In Q4-20, the Spanish economy registered a quarterly growth of 0.0%. Year-on-year growth stands at -8.9%. In the year 2020 as whole, GDP decreases by -10.8%.