We are back 💻, and we are really looking forward to sharing with you all the latest Banco de España economics research news 📜, and to celebrating with you the first anniversary of Banco de España Research 🎂

Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics has published "External statistics in a fragmented and uncertain world", following the 2nd edition of the External Statistics Conference co-organised by European Central Bank and Banco de España bis.org/ifc/publ/ifcb6… #bdeResearch

Navigating uncertain times. How to measure uncertainty, with the additional aid of artificial intelligence (#AI), to improve economic analysis #bdeBlog #bdeResearch bde.es/wbe/en/noticia…

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How #inflation affects households depends on whether they are net savers or net borrowers, and on their labour income and their consumption basket. Because they are savers, the elderly were the hardest hit in Spain in 2021 #bdeResearch #bdeBlog bde.es/wbe/en/noticia…

Does the WTO promote trade? This paper provides new evidence in support of a large and positive effect of the #WTO on #trade. However, this effect is different across sectors and income levels of trading partners #bdeResearch #InternationalEconomics bde.es/wbe/en/publica…

The methodology describing the sample design, implementation, data collection and validation process of the 2021 wave of the Survey of Financial Competences is now available here #bdeResearch #bdeECF #FinancialCompetences app.bde.es/efs_ecf/docume…

The 4th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference kicks off today at Banco de España! You can follow the conference on Youtube here: youtube.com/live/gnvxItS1u…; and have a look at the program here: bde.es/wbe/en/noticia…

Spain exports much more and to more destinations today than it did in 2008, resulting in a positive external balance. However, there are risks on the horizon #bdeResearch #bdeBlog bde.es/wbe/en/noticia…

Tune in from 9:00 CET tomorrow to watch our Annual Research Conference! Be sure to catch research paper presentations by leading economists on central banking-related topics and this year’s Jean Monnet Lecture by Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin Programme europa.eu/!WPKnKm