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 ; 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 ; 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 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...

Artículo de revista ; The COVID-19 crisis has significantly impacted firms’ economic and financial performance. Thus, the Central Balance Sheet Data Office Quarterly Survey evidences that in 2020 the ordinary earnings and average profitability of the firms of this sample fell sharply. While...

Artículo de revista ; On information from the Banco de España Central Balance Sheet Data Office Quarterly Survey (CBQ), activity at non-financial corporations remained expansionary in 2019 Q1, although some indicators point to a certain degree of deceleration. Employment continued to rise, but...

Artículo de revista ; The information for the sample of firms reporting to the Central Balance Sheet Data Office Quarterly Survey evidences that in the first three months of 2021 firms’ activity continued to contract compared with 2020 Q1. However, it did so at a far slower pace than a year...

Artículo de revista ; The information for the sample of firms reporting to the Central Balance Sheet Data Office Quarterly Survey (CBQ) evidences that in 2021 H1 firms’ activity clearly recovered, partly reversing the sharp contraction in 2020. Thus, between January and June 2021, ordinary...

Artículo de revista ; This article describes the economic and financial performance of Spanish non-financial corporations in 2020, a year marked by the impact of COVID-19. According to the information available in the Central Balance Sheet Data Office integrated database, the crisis severely...