As already mentioned, the external sector of the Spanish economy has recovered during the crisis, but unlike what happened in previous crises, in this case it has not been the result of competitive devaluations undertaken by the Government. The competitiveness gains observed are due other factors, including the positive behaviour of labour productivity.
The fact that the serious crisis that has hit world economy and which, in line with some forecast economic indicators, such as IFO or ZEW, both referring to German economy, still has some time ahead of it, complicates a recovery of the Spanish economy exclusively relying on domestic demand. Thus, foreign demand and competitiveness are key elements that require special attention.
The National Institute of Statistics (INE) has just published the results of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the third quarter of this year. The headlines are known by all: employment grew by 151,000 people in the quarter and unemployment fell by 195,200 people, resulting in a drop in the 24% unemployment rate for the first time since the end of 2011, in particular down to 23.67%.
FAES Foundation is celebrating this week in Madrid the third edition of its Excellence Program which, this time, brings together twenty participants from 18 countries, mainly from Latin America, in addition to the United States and Portugal.
04.07.14.-José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain and President of the FAES Foundation, launched today at the 2014 FAES Campus the A New Atlantic Community: Generating Growth, Human Development and Security in the Atlantic Hemisphere white paper, set in motion by the Atlantic Basin Initiative, chaired and launched by Aznar at the Centre for Transatlantic Relations of the Johns Hopkins University, of which he is a distinguished fellow. The paper calls for the redefinition of a new Atlantic community that includes South America, Central America and the Atlantic countries in Africa, based on the common values of democracy and freedom and that is well-positioned in the world.
A broad analysis of Brexit should include three interconnected dimensions: a crisis of a legal-constitutional nature, a crisis of parties and political representativeness, and a third socio-economic dimension. Thus, the British are facing a process of constitutional readjustment that aligns their institutions with a different political, economic and cultural reality; and they are doing so in an intense debate, exposed to the light and inelegant.
The groundbreaking innovation in service delivery progresses at a lightning speed and the current technology, not the future technology but the one that already exists, makes possible to share knowledge about goods and services to exchange them in a more efficient way. Rocio Albert, asks to establish new “game” rules for everyone, the reason is that the digital transformation has turned them upside down in such a way that the existent rules make no sense.
11.17.2014. As already mentioned, the external sector of the Spanish economy has recovered during the crisis, but unlike what happened in previous crises, in this case it has not been the result of competitive devaluations undertaken by the Government. The competitiveness gains observed are due other factors, including the positive behaviour of labour productivity.
11.11.2014. The fact that the serious crisis that has hit world economy and which, in line with some forecast economic indicators, such as IFO or ZEW, both referring to German economy, still has some time ahead of it, complicates a recovery of the Spanish economy exclusively relying on domestic demand. Thus, foreign demand and competitiveness are key elements that require special attention.
10.27.2014. The National Institute of Statistics (INE) has just published the results of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the third quarter of this year. The headlines are known by all: employment grew by 151,000 people in the quarter and unemployment fell by 195,200 people, resulting in a drop in the 24% unemployment rate for the first time since the end of 2011, in particular down to 23.67%.
07.07.2014. FAES Foundation is celebrating this week in Madrid the third edition of its Excellence Program which, this time, brings together twenty participants from 18 countries, mainly from Latin America, in addition to the United States and Portugal.
07.04.2014. 04.07.14.-José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain and President of the FAES Foundation, launched today at the 2014 FAES Campus the A New Atlantic Community: Generating Growth, Human Development and Security in the Atlantic Hemisphere white paper, set in motion by the Atlantic Basin Initiative, chaired and launched by Aznar at the Centre for Transatlantic Relations of the Johns Hopkins University, of which he is a distinguished fellow. The paper calls for the redefinition of a new Atlantic community that includes South America, Central America and the Atlantic countries in Africa, based on the common values of democracy and freedom and that is well-positioned in the world.
10.22.2019. A broad analysis of Brexit should include three interconnected dimensions: a crisis of a legal-constitutional nature, a crisis of parties and political representativeness, and a third socio-economic dimension. Thus, the British are facing a process of constitutional readjustment that aligns their institutions with a different political, economic and cultural reality; and they are doing so in an intense debate, exposed to the light and inelegant.
03.20.2018. The groundbreaking innovation in service delivery progresses at a lightning speed and the current technology, not the future technology but the one that already exists, makes possible to share knowledge about goods and services to exchange them in a more efficient way. Rocio Albert, asks to establish new “game” rules for everyone, the reason is that the digital transformation has turned them upside down in such a way that the existent rules make no sense.