Artículo de revista ; De acuerdo con la Encuesta sobre Préstamos Bancarios, durante el cuarto trimestre de 2019 se produjo en España, en todas las modalidades, un ligero endurecimiento de los criterios de concesión, mientras que en la Unión Económica y Monetaria (UEM) este solo afectó a...

Artículo de revista ; According to the annual survey of the Central Balance Sheet Data Office (CBA), the activity of non-financial corporations remained on an upward trend in 2018, although it was a more moderate one than in the preceding year. The quarterly survey (CBQ) suggests that this...

Artículo de revista ; In 2019 Q3, according to the Bank Lending Survey, loan supply in Spain remained generally stable, with only credit standards for consumer credit to households tightening slightly, and terms and conditions on new loans for house purchase easing somewhat. By contrast, in the...

Artículo de revista ; According to the Central Balance Sheet Data Office Quarterly Survey, non-financial corporations’ activity lost momentum in 2019, resulting in a slowdown in job creation. However, the high inflow of dividends contributed to an increase in ordinary profit and, as a result,...

Artículo de revista ; According to the Bank Lending Survey, during 2019 Q4, credit standards tightened slightly for all categories of lending in Spain, whereas this only affected consumer credit and other lending to households in the euro area. In this segment, the general terms and conditions...

Artículo de revista ; According to the Bank Lending Survey, in 2020 Q1 credit supply contracted slightly in both Spain and the euro area, affecting practically all the segments analysed. Demand for loans continued to fall in Spain across the board, although firms’ demand fell at a slower rate...

Artículo de revista ; The data from the Central Balance Sheet Data Office Quarterly Survey (CBQ) for 2020 Q1 show that the lockdown measures introduced in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis had a sharp adverse impact on the activity of the sample firms in the first quarter of the year....

Artículo de revista ; The Central Balance Sheet Data Office Quarterly Survey (CBQ) data for 2020 H1 show that the lockdown measures introduced in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis had a sharp adverse impact on activity, albeit with notable differences across the sample firms. This led...

Artículo de revista ; The latest Bank Lending Survey results show a widespread contraction of credit supply both in Spain and in the euro area in 2020 Q3, which would be linked to increased risk perception. On the demand side, demand from firms fell in both Spain and the euro area following the...

Artículo de revista ; The first part of this article describes developments in the profitability, solvency and liquidity of Spanish non-financial corporations, drawing on the integrated CBSO database, which contains annual information up to 2019. This analysis evidences that, at end-2019, the...