The tourism sector (INE)
In the first quarter of 2021, 1.208.761 international tourists arrived in Spain, 13 million fewer than two years ago when the pandemic still hadn t brought the sector to a standstill.
Industrial Production Index (IPI) (INE)
By autonomous community, the advances in Navarre (31.2%) and Cantabria (26%) are in contrast with the decreases in the Balearic Islands (-1.1%) and Extremadura (-0.7%).
Companies registered Social Security (Mº Ind., Com., y Tº)
Among the SMEs with employees, micro enterprises grew the most (4.4% year on year), followed by small businesses (3.2%).
* Companies without employees data Q1 2021
Retail trade in the Eurozone (Eurostat)
In March 2021, the volume of retail trade in the Eurozone remained in positive territory (2.7% compared to February).
The US labour market (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
In April 2021, the rate of unemployment in the US was 6.1% of the workforce, far from the maximum level of April 2020 (14.8%), but still 2.6 pp above the February 2020 pre Covid-19 levels.
The rise of digital payments (Statista)
The value of digital payment global transactions will double between 2020 and 2025.
