1 Global Real Estate Institute España GRI 2014 Madrid May Keynote speech: “Spain’s Convalescence” Prof. Pedro Schwartz B.Ll., Dr. Iuris (Madrid), M.Sc. (Econ), Ph.D. (London)
2 A weak €zone
3 Money market interest rates
4 €zone inflation (Annual % changes)
5 Spreads against Germany
6 Probability of credit events
7 € effective exchange rate
8 €zone current account surplus
9 €zone & US stock indices
10 Spain was pretty sick
11 Spain’s value added in construction
12 Unemployment and employment rates (Spain)
13 €zone unemployment
14 Spain: bank loans
15 Spanish bank: non performing loans
16 Doubtful bank assets (SAREB effect shaded area)
17 Spain is convalescing
18 Economic forecast (Spanish Government)
19 Foreign sector contribution to GDP growth
20 Competitiveness
21 Exports grow, more than imports
22 Spain’s current account in surplus In the full year 2013, the current account recorded a surplus of EUR 7.1 billion (equivalent to 0.7% of GDP), which contrasts the EUR 11.5 billion deficit (equivalent to 1.1% of GDP) tallied in 2012 and marks the first surplus since 1986 Consensus reckons surplus to be 1.9% of GDP in 2014 In 2015 surplus could reach 2.2 % of GDP (Source: Focuseconomics)
23 Confidence returns
24 Low systemic risk indicators
25 ECB loans to €banks
26 New credit to non-financials by Spanish banks
27 Spanish inflation
28 Spanish Budget deficit
29 Spanish public debt
30 Compared real GDP growth (Δ 1.4% in 2014)
31 Universidad San Pablo (Madrid)