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Spain Economic OutlookThird Quarter 2011
Madrid, 4 August 2011
Spain Economic Outlook, Third Quarter 2011
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Economic policies and outlook: prospects dictated by delays in decisions on how to tackle budget problems in Europe and the US
Europe: the July summit brought positive surprises regarding liquidity support measures, but Greece's solvency issues have yet to be cleared up. Economies with high risk premiums have already seen growth undermined as a result
Spain: GDP growth in the second quarter of around 0.3% qoq (0.8% yoy), still too weak for sustained job creation. The Spanish economy is still stuck in a pattern of low activity and employment, with forecasts pointing towards 1% growth for 2011
The higher contribution to growth by net trade is still one of the positive aspects of the ongoing adjustment
There has been no change in the pace of adjustment and reform which offset rising uncertainty on international financial markets
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Section 1
International environment: politics takes centre stage in the economic debateSection 2
Outlook for the Spanish economy in 2011-2012: the gradual recovery continues
Section 3
The challenges of the Spanish economy in the face of contagion
Contents
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Global growth still driven by emerging economies• The global economy slowed slightly in the first half of 2011 • Global growth should remain robust, driven by emerging economies, as the slowdown was caused by
short-lived factors (e.g. high oil prices, disruption to the Japanese supply chain caused by the earthquake)
Contribution to global growth (%)Source: BBVA Research
Growth in Asia and Latin America (% yoy)Source: BBVA Research
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• The recovery has lost steam in 2011, mainly due to one-off factors, although the US economy remains structurally weak after the financial crisis: struggling real estate market, deleveraging and tough lending conditions
• Inflationary pressures remain benign. The Fed still needs clear signs before changing its tightening policy
Commodity prices
Bad weather
Weak growth in H1 2011 US: GDP growth (%)Source: BBVA Research
Cuts to budget spending
Supply chain (Japan)
Delay in real estate sector rebound
Temporary
Existing
No major changes in expectations of recovery, but risks tilted towards the downside
Risks
US: a temporary blip
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US: more than a debt ceiling is needed: long-term consolidation
The agreement to raise the US debt ceiling prevented technical default by the country. Nevertheless, it does not clear up all doubts surrounding a long-term solution to curb the deficit and stabilise debt
US: budget deficit (% of GDP)Source: BBVA Research, CBO and Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
US: public debt (% of GDP)*Source: BBVA Research, CBO and Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
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Financial stress in Europe will affect the periphery more than the core• In Europe, healthy growth in Q1 and Q2 led to a slight upward revision to the 2011 growth forecast• The decoupling between European core and peripheral countries should continue in 2011 and 2012.
Wider bond spreads will undermine growth of countries with high risk premiums
Sovereign bond spreads (vs. the German 10-year bond)Source: BBVA Research
EMU: GDP growthSource: BBVA Research
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Insolvent countries must be separated from liquidity-strapped countries to prevent contagionTo solve financial stress in Europe, a distinction must be made between countries faced with solvency issues and those with liquidity problems. For the first group, solvency must be restored by slashing debt. For the second group, a strong mechanism for providing liquidity is needed
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Liquidity provision: expanded and improved EFSF
Sustainability restitution: reduce
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Public debt (% of GDP)Source: BBVA Research
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What are the key features of each pillar?Strict conditionality is required to achieve debt reduction. To provide liquidity, the EFSF must be expanded and improved, with a certain degree of conditionality. Both pillars should steer Europe not only towards monetary union, but to some extent, fiscal union
Larger and more flexible EFSF
Bond purchases on secondary markets
Lending not only to governments
Pre-emptive lending (FCL)
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End result: mini fiscal union
• Eurobonds
• Fiscal rulesOfficial bailout or private haircuts
Avoid collapse of the banking system
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Liquidity provision: expanded and improved EFSF
Sustainability restitution: reduce the NPV of debt
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July summit: EU authorities make surprise liquidity support announcementThe 21 July summit did not address all solvency concerns, but attempted to isolate peripheral countries from Greece
Expanded EFSF, pre-emptive lending (e.g. FCL) and bond purchases on secondary markets
All of this, but……the size of the EFSF was unchanged
Rescheduling and debt repurchases, but limited reduction in debt
What the summit needed What was agreed on 21 JulyAchieved?
Decision on a public bailout or reach agreement on substantial write-down of NPV of debt
No agreement on EurobondsCreation of Eurobonds to cover debt up to 50% of GDP and imposition of conditionality
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What's left to do after the summit?In addition to executing the agreements and clarifying significant details (EFSF, private sector involvement), the EU authorities must devise a powerful mechanism to provide liquidity, lend credibility to the continuation of reforms and proceed towards greater fiscal unity
3 pillars for progress Work to be done
Provide sufficient support to liquidity to ward off speculators
• Achieve a broad core-periphery agreement
Proceed with economic reforms• Implement ongoing programmes
• Design a timetable for more reforms
Achieve a tighter fiscal union
• Announce the creation of Eurobonds quickly, with fiscal rules and strict control. Imple-mentationwith the ESM in 2013
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Section 1
International environment: politics takes centre stage in the economic debate
Section 2
Outlook for the Spanish economy in 2011-2012: the gradual recovery continuesSection 3
The challenges of the Spanish economy in the face of contagion
Contents
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2011: 0.9%2012: 1.3%
Structural reforms 2011: ≈2012: ≈
Financial stress 2011: (-)2012: (-)
• As expected: limited reform to collective bargaining, which does not solve the problems.
• Increase in forecast risk premiums (+50bp on average in 2011 and 2012)
Foreign demand 2011: (+)2012: (-)
Data for 1Q 2011 2011: (+)2012: (+)
• Slightly higher-than-expected GDP growth
Fiscal consolidation • Higher-than-expected public consumption in Q1 2011, signalling sharper cutbacks in H2 2011
Current forecast
• Slowdown in global growth and a strong euro vs. the dollar, but higher growth in the EMU in 2011
2011: ≈2012: ≈
Monetary policy 2011: (-)2012: (-)
• The ECB would bring forward interest-rate hikes from 2012 to the end of 2011
Impact on GDPFACTOR
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Determining factors of the macroeconomic scenarioSource: BBVA Research
Spain: growth still weak
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Growth in Q1 2011 topped expectations, but Q2 2011 numbers were broadly the same as Q1 2011 and in line with forecasts of three months ago
The main characteristics of the short-term outlook for the Spanish economy are still:
• Lack of job creation
• Weak domestic demand
• Negative contribution to growth by domestic demand
• Sharp growth in foreign demand
Spain: actual GDP growth and MICA-BBVA model forecasts (% qoq) Current forecast: 3 August 2011Source: BBVA Research
Spain: growth still weak
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The ECB could bring forward the start of its tightening campaign to the last quarter of 2011, raising key rates to 1.75% by year-end and 2.0% in Q1 2012, provided the European sovereign debt crisis is cleared up
• The interest rate scenario is not that different, so the impact of raising rates earlier would be limited
• In general, higher interest rates than expected three months ago would only detract marginally from growth in 2012
Spain: growth still weak
ECB. Interest rate forecastsSource: BBVA Research
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Heightened pressure in sovereign debt markets (larger risk premiums: +50bp in 2011 and 2012, but short-lived) would dampen GDP growth
The cumulative effect of this factor alone would be a decrease in GDP growth of 5 tenths in 2012 from forecasts three months ago
Spain: growth still weak
Spain: sovereign risk premium (vs. German 10Y bond)
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More upbeat prospects for the EMU in 2011 than before could be offset by the slowdown in global economic growth and a slightly stronger euro
Goods and services exports:
• Above pre-financial crisis levels
• Performance in line with similar crisis periods despite the absence of currency depreciation as in the past
• Diversified growth
Spain: growth still weak
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Qoq change in goods and services exports during the end-phase of two periods of crisis (in real terms)Source: BBVA Research based on INE
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Foreign demandStronger growth in the EMU in 2011 could be offset by the slowdown in global economic growth and a slightly stronger euro
A rebound in tourism is particularly important for employment
Spain: growth still weak
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Spain: growth still weak
Spain EMU Spain EMU Spain EMUHousehold consumption 1.3 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.6 1.3Public Administration's consumpt -0.7 0.3 -0.2 0.6 -1.3 0.1GFCF -7.5 -1.0 -4.9 3.3 -0.4 2.7
Capital goods and other prod -2.1 3.1 0.6 6.1 3.0 4.0Construction -11.1 -3.9 -9.1 0.0 -2.9 0.8Housing -16.5 -2.9 -7.5 0.6 0.9 1.0
Domestic demand (*) -1.1 0.9 -1.0 1.5 0.0 1.2
Exports 10.3 11.1 11.0 6.4 6.0 3.2Imports 5.5 9.3 3.7 5.6 1.0 3.2
Net trade balance (*) 1.0 0.8 1.8 0.5 1.3 0.1
GDP at mp (yoy %) -0.1 1.7 0.9 2.0 1.3 1.3Pro-memoriaGDP w/o housing investment 0.9 1.9 1.3 2.1 1.3 1.3GDP w/o construction 1.7 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.4Employment (LFS) -2.3 -0.4 -1.1 0.5 0.4 0.7Unemployment rate (% active pop 20.1 10.2 21.0 9.8 20.9 9.5Current account balance (% of GD -4.5 -0.4 -4.0 -0.2 -1.6 -0.1Public sector balance (% of GDP) -9.2 -6.0 -6.0 -4.4 -4.4 -3.6Annual average CPI 1.8 1.6 3.0 2.7 1.4 1.8(*) contribution to growth
2012
Economic forecastsSource: INE, Bank of Spain, Eurostat and BBVA Research
(yoy %)2010 2011
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Section 1
International environment: politics takes centre stage in the economic debate
Section 2
Outlook for the Spanish economy in 2011-2012: the gradual recovery continues
Section 3
The challenges of the Spanish economy in the face of contagion
Contents
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Sovereign CDS: actual and equilibrium Greece, Portugal and Ireland Source: BBVA Research
Spain must proceed to make sweeping reforms• Fundamentals indicate that the countries which have been bailed out effectively suffered from solvency
problems, whereas Spain and Italy are undergoing a liquidity crunch• For this situation to continue, more ambitious reforms must be carried out
Sovereign CDS: actual and equilibrium Spain, Italy, BelgiumSource: BBVA Research
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Financial institutions Government Households Companies Total
• Spain has already made some progress by lowering its financing requirement relative to other countries via sharp cuts to investment and an increase in the household saving rate
• However, public sector saving has declined.
Concerns stem from the Spanish economy's hefty financing requirement
EMU: Financing capacity (+)/requirements (-) by agent (% GDP)Source: BBVA Research based on AMECO data
(*) Irish data series for government and Companies are truncated
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Spain has managed to differentiate itself: the government can still tap markets
Unlike other countries in the periphery, which have been forced to turn to the ECB for liquidity, the Spanish government has been able to meet its financing requirement abroad, albeit at a higher price
EMU: net capital inflows 2010 (% GDP)Source: BBVA Research from Haver data
Note: a net rise in financial liabilities or fall in financial assets results in net capital inflows, while opposite movements give rise to net capital outflows.
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Spain must be pro-active to keep contagion from spreading
Greece
Portugal
• High deficits and debt
• Doubts surrounding public accounts
• High foreign deficit
• Scant growth and productivity
• Rigid public deficit
• Stubborn foreign deficit
Spain shares many of the concerns of the three other peripheral countries, and efforts should be made to distance itself
Regional government deficits
Incomplete reforms (e.g. labor market)
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Ireland• Oversized banking industry
• Private indebtedness
• Real estate bubble
Bank restructuring2
Problems in the periphery Risks linked to Spain
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Maximum fiscal rigourMeeting budget targets would bring down the risk premium significantly• The target is ambitious: a reduction in the regional government deficit of 6pp of GDP to 3% in 2013• In 2011, the bulk falls on the regional governments: they must lower the deficit by 1.5pp, making
nearly 90% of the required adjustment in 2011 to guarantee that the 2013 target will be met
Contribution to fiscal adjustment * (pp of GDP)Source: BBVA Research, using finance ministry data
Proposals
• Transparency and multi-year budgets for all public administrations
• Fiscal rules limiting spending to trend nominal GDP growth
• Fiscal Policy Advisory Council reporting to legislative bodies
(*) Excluding impact of regional deficit financing
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• The state will comply, with revenue potentially exceeding forecasts by a few tenths• The question mark lies with the Social Security and especially in the out-turn of regional government
spending
Maximum fiscal rigour
Central government: non-financial balance (cumulative annual, % of GDP)Source: BBVA Research, using finance ministry data
Tax revenues(% like-for-like yoy change in 12m centred moving average)Source: BBVA Research based on AEAT data( p j )
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Maximum fiscal rigour
• The regional governments must reimburse the state for slightly over 20% of their total financing for 2009• In view of the sharp fall in the Sufficiency Fund, those regions that relied more heavily on it have to return
larger amounts.
Theoretical finance on comparable responsibilities per adjusted pop, 2007 vs. 2009Source: Spain Economic Outlook, Third Quarter 2011
Balance owed in 2009 as a percentage of total regional financing vs. the weighting of Sufficiency Fund in 2007 theoretical financingSource: Spain Economic Outlook, Third Quarter 2011
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Bank restructuring
Broader coverage: 90% of the Spanish system, compared to the EU average of 60%
Larger shock to GDP growth Sharp (absolute and relative) fall in
housing prices
Stress tests: cumulative decline in GDP after two years, deviation from baseline scenarioSource: BBVA Research and EBA
Stress tests: cumulative decline in real estate pricesSource: BBVA Research and EBA
Stress tests: a more transparent and rigorous exercise in Spain
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Stress tests: institutions with a Core Tier 1 capital ratio below 5%Source: BBVA Research and EBA
Factoring in general and anti-cyclical provisions, and convertible bond issues, no Spanish bank would require an extraordinary capital injection
• In the more adverse scenario, the Core Tier 1 capital ratio would decline from 7.4% to 7.3%. However, considering other elements that absorb losses (e.g. general allowances, convertible bonds) the ratio would stand at 8.6%
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Insufficient labour market reform
Considerations
• Tenuous progress in signing of corporate collective bargaining agreements
• Arbitration does not eliminate "ultra-activity"
• Proposal still restrictive in terms of internal flexibility
• The possibility of removing wage-related clauses from collective agreements is still complicated
• The effectiveness of the reform will depend on the goodwill of the parties
Breakdown of the fall in employment during the recession (% contribution to change in total number of hours worked between 2007 and 2009)Source: BBVA Research
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Driving an improvement in productivity• In Spain, aggregate exports of goods show a positive correlation to company size, a key factor in
international expansion • Initiative to boost the growth of small businesses is crucial to exploit economies of scale.
Value of exports as a share of total sales by company size (average 1990-2009, %)Source: BBVA Research based on BSS data (SEPI foundation)
Percentage of exporting firms by company size (average 1990-2009)Source: BBVA Research based on BSS data (SEPI foundation)
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• In addition to their larger size, exporters have greater experience, better productivity and, particularly, higher physical capital per employee, and they are more willing to invest in R&D than non-exporters, making them more competitive abroad.
Differentiating features of exporters versus non-exporters, average 1990-2009 (ratio of medians)Source: BBVA Research based on BSS data (SEPI foundation)
Note: Size refers to number of employees; experience is measured as the difference between the year the company was founded and the average foundation date for all companies in the sample; productivity (VA per employee), physical capital and external spending on training are expressed in thousands of euros per employee; R&D spending is in thousands of euros; foreign-owned capital as a share of the company's total capital; access to equity capital is equity capital/equity and liabilities; * figure is the average; experience, R&D spending and spending on training show the absolute difference between the medians of the distribution.
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Spain needs to step up reforms
• The risk premium is higher than the country's fundamentals and would decrease if the solvency issues in Europe are cleared up and other internal reforms are pushed through:
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Spain Economic OutlookThird Quarter 2011
Madrid, 4 August 2011