About us
Afi is the leading consulting firm specialized in economics, banking and public finance in Spain. Originally set up in 1987 by a group of renowned academics that provided Spanish financial services institutions and non-financial corporations with insightful economic and financial analysis tailored to their needs.
A brochure with Afi credentials and a brief description of the main services targeted for foreign investors can be downloaded here.
Latest research & commentary
- Spain Weekly
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Structural deficit and unemployment: the two obstacles to converging more quickly with the core
03.15.19 - Notes on Spain
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2019 General State Budget: higher government receipts trusted to achieve structural adjustment
01.16.19 - Banking
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Spanish insurance business dominated by banks
12.19.18 - Political Risk
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There will be no new budget in place by January 1st and the Government´s prospects to rise public spending have diminished
09.28.18
Flash Notes
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12.20.18
New policy measures will push wages higher in 2019
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12.03.18
Far right emerges and stuns in first round of host of upcoming elections
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11.07.18
The Supreme Court rules out imposing retroactive costs on banks over mortgage Stamp Duty
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11.02.18
Spain´s GDP growth fared well in the summer (+0,6% QoQ) despite the slowdown in external demand
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10.25.18
Banking stocks are still suffering the Supreme Court ruling about Stamp Duty costs
Spain in the news
- 03.18.19
Public Sector Hiring Is Only Part of Spain¿s Success Story
Bloomberg - 03.18.19
Catalan independence march passes through Madrid peacefully
The Guardian - 03.18.19
Greece, Spain Raise Minimum Wage Despite High Unemployment
The Wall Street Journal - 03.14.19
Spanish far-right Vox in spotlight in Catalan trial
Reuters - 03.14.19
Spain investigates possible CIA links to embassy break-in
The Guardian
Afi forecasts
| %YoY | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (*) Contribution to GDP growth | |||||
| Source: Afi, INE | |||||
| Real GDP | 2,5 | 2,1 | 2,0 | ||
| Final consumption | 2,4 | 2,1 | 1,9 | ||
| Household | 2,4 | 2,1 | 1,9 | ||
| Public Sector | 2,3 | 2,1 | 2,0 | ||
| Investment | 5,2 | 3,0 | 3,6 | ||
| Capital goods | 5,9 | 3,2 | 3,8 | ||
| Construction | 5,5 | 3,4 | 3,9 | ||
| Housing | 6,3 | 4,5 | 4,0 | ||
| Other construction | 4,8 | 2,2 | 3,8 | ||
| Domestic demand (*) | 2,9 | 2,3 | 2,2 | ||
| Exports | 2,2 | 2,3 | 2,6 | ||
| Imports | 3,6 | 3,1 | 3,4 | ||
| External demand (*) | -0,4 | -0,2 | -0,2 | ||
| CPI (annual average) | 1,7 | 1,0 | 1,4 | ||
| GDP deflator | 0,9 | 1,5 | 1,7 | ||
| Nominal GDP | 3,5 | 3,8 | 3,6 | ||
| Employment | 2,5 | 2,0 | 1,9 | ||
| Unemployment rate | 15,3 | 13,8 | 12,6 | ||
| EDP Public balance (% GDP) | -2,7 | -2,2 | -1,6 | ||
| EDP Public debt (% GDP) | 97,0 | 95,9 | 94,2 | ||
| Current account (% GDP) | 1,3 | 0,7 | 0,7 | ||
| Apr-14 | May-14 | Jun-14 | Jul-14 | Aug-14 | ||||||
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| YoY change, quarterly average (%) | ||||||||||
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(1) Indices (*) Seasonally adjusted figures |
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| Productive capacity utilization, % | 77.0 | 74.1 | ||||||||
| Industrial production | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | |||||
| Economic sentiment index (1) | 102.5 | 101.4 | 101.8 | 104.0 | 103.4 | |||||
| Industrial confidence (1) | -9.6 | -9.3 | -8.0 | -7.4 | -5.7 | |||||
| Services confidence (1) | 11.6 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 12.5 | 7.0 | |||||
| Electricity consumption | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |||||
| Wholesales | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | |||||
| Deflated retail sales | -0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0.2 | |||||
| Vehicle registration | 10.2 | 12.1 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 14.9 | |||||
| Consumer confidence index (1) | -8.3 | -7.8 | -6.7 | -3.9 | -7.7 | |||||
| Social Security registration | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | |||||
| Deflated exports of goods | 3.2 | 0.7 | -1.9 | -1.0 | 3.2 | |||||
| Foreign tourist arrival | 7.1 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 5.0 | |||||
| Credit to private sector | -7.6 | -7.2 | -6.9 | -6.3 | -5.9 | |||||