Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How can climate risk be integrated into the analysis of public debt? The new metrics for sovereign issuers represent a significant step forward: they enable comparisons to be made, trends to be tracked and progress towards climate targets to be assessed. www.bde.es/wbe/en/notic... 000
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How do mergers affect productivity and markups across the economy? Tracking 3,759 Spanish mergers from 1997 to 2022, we find average increases of 2% and 4%. Productivity gains are broad-based across industries; markup increases are concentrated in a few. ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... #bdeResearch 011
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Why did the dollar weaken while long-term Treasury yields rose after the April 2025 U.S. tariff announcements? We show the episode reflected several distinct macro-financial shocks rather than a single tariff shock, identified using heteroskedasticity. ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... #bdeResearch 000
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Can we turn geopolitical narratives into economic forecasts? Our Bayesian toolkit links evolving scenario probabilities to oil supply disruptions and Brent price paths, and infers which geopolitical outcomes are embedded in market prices. www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... 000
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New research on 98 regions across Spain, Germany, France and Italy finds six distinct convergence clubs with different long-run income paths. Human capital, physical capital and regions’ ability to use them efficiently are key drivers of growth. www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... 000
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Two years on, the #DraghiReport is shaping the #EU agenda. But implementation is uneven: progress comes where urgency is shared, not where reforms are necessarily the most transformative, feasible, or least costly. ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/notic... #bdeBlog 000
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Since the Global Financial Crisis, Spain has combined employment and productivity growth, led by digital activities and professional services, reversing the pre-crisis trend of growth with declining productivity. ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi...bde.esLas fuentes del crecimiento en España y las principales economías europeas: productividad total de los factores y heterogeneidad sectorial.Las fuentes del crecimiento en España y las principales economías europeas: productividad total de los factores y heterogeneidad sectorial. 011
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 03/09/2026How do oil supply news shocks propagate through the economy? This paper develops a flexible framework that lets nonlinear transmission emerge from the data. Main finding: adverse shocks have larger effects on activity and employment than favorable shocks www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... #bdeResearch 010
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 03/09/2026How do household wealth surveys contribute to policymaking, research, and official statistics? And how can they continue to do so? Discussing more than 20 years of research based on the #EFF, the Spanish Survey of Household Finances launched by Olympia Bover 👉 www.bde.es/wbe/es/notic... #20YearsEFF 032
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 02/09/2026📢 Call for Papers | 7th Conference on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Economics, Finance and Central Banking | 22-23 March 2027 Submit your research on diversity, equity and inclusion by 30 October 2026 ➡️ www.bancaditalia.it/media/agenda... #bdeResearch 022
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Does the average response of inflation to oil supply shocks mask a more fundamental risk to price stability? We show oil supply shocks persistently generate upside risks to inflation in the US, EA & UK. #bdeResearch ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 27/07/2026🏘️Interested in household finances? Join the conference “The EFF: More than 20 Years of Research Experience and the Way Forward” on 3–4 September to learn how household wealth surveys contribute to research, official statistics and policymaking. 👉 www.bde.es/eventos/es/e... 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 22/07/2026💶 Arte, tecnología, ciencia y psicología se unen para dar forma al dinero que utilizamos cada día. En el próximo episodio de #CIENxCIEN, Beatriz García, Fernando León, y Juan Lupiáñez, nos ayudarán a descubrir cómo se diseñan hoy los billetes. Escúchalo este viernes: www.bde.es/wbe/es/notic... 010
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 09/07/2026How does banks’ interest-rate risk exposure shape monetary policy transmission? This new paper shows that differences between fixed- and variable-rate banking systems can be amplified by banks' solvency risk. ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... 011
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 07/07/2026How does digitalization affect credit markets? This new paper studies the TicketBAI’s eInvoicing reform using loan-level data. Main finding: eInvoicing reshapes both credit allocation and banks’ risk assessments www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The Conference on the Spanish Economy brings together economic researchers and policymakers in a dialogue that is as engaging as it is necessary. Housing and institutions are the issues on the table this year 👉 www.bde.es/wbe/en/notic... #bdeBlog 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Can GenAI systems help supervisors review external audit reports? ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/es/publicaciones/analisis-economico-investigacion/documentos-ocasionales/retriever-or-reasoner-decomposing-retrieval-augmented-generation-performance-in-external-audit-supervision.html #SupTech #AI 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Evidence for Spain (2004–2023): higher markups, stable competition. ➡️ ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/es/publi... #BdeResearch 111
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Next research seminar: Benjamin Born will be presenting "The impact of interest: Firms’ investment sensitivity to interest rates” on June 30, 12:00 CET ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 000
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Are you researching household credit or indebtedness? BELab provides access to granular loan-level data on loans to individuals reported to the CIR. The dataset contains information with 19 attributes describing the characteristics of the loans and their borrowers: app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrI... 002
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The Banco de España, CEMFI and Menéndez Pelayo International University organise the Conference on the Spanish Economy in Santander to connect research with the economic policies to which it is applied www.bde.es/wbe/en/notic... If you’re interested in attending, email us at aee.direccion@bde.es 002
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Next research seminar: Joana Silva (World Bank) will be presenting "Building Human Capital Where It Matters: Homes, Neighborhoods, and Workplaces” on June 17, 12:00 CET ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Next research seminar: Christoph Albert (Collegio Carlo Alberto) will be presenting "Business Cycles, Competition and the Labor Market Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence from Spain” on June 17, 12:00 CET ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 08/06/2026What do consumer and firm confidence measures reveal, and do they matter for the macroeconomy? Using European survey data, this paper shows confidence shocks capture non-technological factors and play an important role in unemployment fluctuations over the cycle www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Next research seminar: James Hansen will be presenting "The Equity Premium, Long-run Risk, and Asymmetric Optimal Monetary Policy” on June 10, 12:00 CET www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 000
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Next research seminar: Pascuale Della Corte (Imperial College London) will be presenting " Beyond Bilateral Flows: Indirect Connections and Exchange Rates ” on June 03, 12:00 CET. ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 29/05/2026This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Rey de España Prize for Economics, which recognises the academic and professional achievements of Spanish and Latin American figures in the field of economics. The deadline for entries is 30 June at 23:59 Spanish time 🔗 www.premiodeeconomia.org/wpm/es/ 000
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Tom Hegarty, Associate Director at TNFD, explains in this video why water is a strategic management issue. He took part in “Water and Financial Stability: Moving from Risks to Resilience”, a high-level international conference jointly convened by @bde.es @oecd-env.bsky.social #CPD #NGFS 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Next research seminar: Maximilian Konradt (Imperial College Business School) will be presenting "Green Business Cycles” on May 28, 12:00 CET. ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Kate Brauman, from the University of Alabama, explains how data and models help measure the financial impact of water-related risks. She took part in “Water and financial stability: moving from risks to resilience”, a high-level meeting convened jointly by @bde.es, @oecd-env.bsky.social, #CPD #NGFS 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 22/05/2026💧The event comprised two days of high-level discussions and presentations, during which all aspects of #water management and its impact on #financialstability were examined. The video provides a summary of the 13th Roundtable on #FinancingWater Don’t miss it! 📽️ www.youtube.com/shorts/8yD67...youtube.comNoelia Jiménez from #bancodeespaña summarizes the conference “Water and Financial Stability”.Banco de España hosted on May 21 and 22 in Madrid the high-level international conference Water and Financial Stability: Moving from Risks to Resilience, foc... 002
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 22/05/2026📢 The second day of the 13th Roundtable on #FinancingWater begins at 9:00 a.m., where participants will discuss the impact of #Water on #FinancialStability. The event is being held at the @bde.es Follow the sessions live 🎥 www.youtube.com/live/mcpGTUP... #Water&FinancialStabilityyoutube.comDay 2 - 13th Meeting of the Roundtable on Financing WaterThe OECD, Banco de España, CDP and the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) organise the 13th Meeting of the Roundtable on Financing Water, a the... 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Next research seminar: João Pereira dos Santos (ISEG) will be presenting "Sailing through troubled waters: Evidence from support discontinuities to firms in times of crisis” on May 25, 10:00 CET. www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Next research seminar: Ferran Elias (Universitat de Girona) will be presenting "The Extension of Collective Agreements in Fissured Workplaces: Wage Premiums, Spillovers and Rent-Sharing” on May 19, 12:00 CET ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Next research seminar: Ethan Ilzetzki (LSE) will be presenting "GI Jobs in GE: The macroeconomic effects of defense employment” on May 13, 12:00 CET. www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Banks’ market power shaped the euro-era tightening: weak pass-through on deposits led to sharper credit cuts for riskier firms, higher loan rates, and better returns. The deposit channel pushes banks to optimize risk return, reversing ZLB search for yield. ▶️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... #bdeResearch 012
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Next research seminar: Marta Cota (Nova SBE) will be presenting "Is Knowledge Enough? Financial Literacy, Marriage, and Gender Differences in Wealth” on May 6, 12:00 CET. www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 011
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Next research seminar: Karsten Müller (NUS)) will be presenting “Two Centuries of Systemic Bank Runs” on April 29, 12:00 CET. www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 20/04/2026When uncertainty indicators disagree, what are they really telling us? We use news-based topic indices to show why EPU and VIX/CLIFS diverge, and what that reveals about the economy. www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... #bdeResearch 021
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Next research seminar: Juan José Dolado (UC3M) will be presenting “Riders on the Storm” on April 16, 12:00 CET. www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 15/04/2026If you are a researcher, you can now access patent and utility model microdata from the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM) through our data lab ➡️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/punto... #BELab 011
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 14/04/2026We will host the 18th Workshop Banco de España-CEMFI on April 20th. See the program below www.bde.es/wbe/en/notic... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Next research seminar: Frederic Vermeulen (KU Leuven) will be presenting “Spouses with benefits: on match quality and consumption inside households” on April 15, 12:00 CET. www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Banco de España will host the 1st Workshop on Financial Intermediation on 7 May 2026 at its Madrid headquarters. The event features six research papers, each with an assigned discussant, and a keynote speech by Prof. Rajkamal Iyer. Programme: 👉 www.bde.es/f/webbe/INF/... #bdeResearch 011
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Congratulations to Sofia Velasco on winning the SNDE Time Series Award at the 33rd SNDE Symposium for her paper “Let the Tree Decide: FABART”. A well‑deserved recognition. Proud of our Research Economist at Banco de España! 🎉 010
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 09/04/2026We routinely take the pulse of Spanish firms. How? The EBAE survey gathers information directly from firms and is an important complement to our economic analysis toolkit 👉 www.bde.es/wbe/en/notic... #bdeBlog 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 19/03/2026MIBE (Women Researchers at Banco de España) workshop, an internal event showcasing research by female economists at Banco de España, aimed at fostering networking, mentoring, and visibility within the institution, with closing remarks from deputy governor Soledad Núñez. www.bde.es/f/webeventos... 022
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Joint 13th CEPR Economic History Symposium & 11th Banco de España Economic History Seminar The Banco de España is pleased to host the Symposium & Seminar between 27 and 29 May 2026 in Roda de Bará. Attendance by invitation only. www.bde.es/wbe/es/notic...bde.esJoint 13th CEPR Economic History Symposium & 11th Banco de España Economic History SeminarJoint 13th CEPR Economic History Symposium & 11th Banco de España Economic History Seminar 001
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 18/03/2026How effective is public investment in the EU? Using EIB infrastructure loans as instrument, we find that public investment generates large and persistent increases in output & employment with medium‑run multipliers above 3 and positive spillovers www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... @mortezaghomi.bsky.social 022
Banco de España Research @bde-research.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Next research seminar: Thomas Drechsel (University of Maryland, NBER & CEPR) will be presenting “The Macroeconomic Effects of Bank Regulation: New Evidence from a High-Frequency Approach” on March 17, 10:30 CET. www.bde.es/wbe/en/areas... #bdeResearch 002