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Fedea strikes against the requirements of the data center decree for its harshness and "discriminatory" bias.

The Foundation for the Study of Applied Economics (Fedea) has released a report this Wednesday in which it expresses its opposition to the draft Royal Decree that the Government is processing to establish the conditions for energy and environmental sustainability, as well as digital resilience and sovereignty, that data centers...

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Only between 1% and 3% of income inequality is explained by the difference in income between Spaniards and immigrants.

Between 97% and 99% of the inequality in income distribution in Spain is concentrated within the national and immigrant household groups themselves, and only between 1% and 3% is attributed to the difference in average incomes that separates both groups.This is derived from a report released this Monday by the...

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Delayed retirements will soar to 30% due to the increase in life expectancy, according to Fedea.

The Foundation for the Study of Applied Economics (Fedea) predicts that the weight of delayed retirement in new pension registrations will triple in the coming decades, rising from the current around 10% to nearly 30%. The change would be explained mainly by the increase in life expectancy, and to a...

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Fedea criticizes that the official models of pension spending do not accurately reflect the effect of the reforms.

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) warns in a report released this Friday that the accounting tools used by the public administration to forecast pension spending have "limitations" when it comes to measuring the effect of legal changes in the system, as they are not designed to study regulatory...

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Fedea points out that disability and widow's pensions are the ones that deviate the most from what was contributed.

The benefits for permanent disability and survivor rights, among them widow's pensions, are the contingencies of the Spanish public system where the greatest differences are observed between the capital actually contributed by workers and the actuarial cost of the benefits finally paid.This is the main conclusion of the study "NDC...

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Fedea raises annual transfers for pensions to 50 billion and warns: "It's going to get worse"

The executive director of the Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea), Ángel de la Fuente Moreno, has calculated that €50 billion is allocated each year from the State's accounts to Social Security to pay pensions, warning that over time this amount "is going to worsen."This has been one of the...

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Fedea detects advances in the sustainability of pensions but warns of "excessively optimistic" projections.

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) has presented a paper in which it appreciates an improvement in the structural sustainability of the public pension system in Spain after the reforms of 2021 and 2023, focused on strengthening revenues and delaying the effective retirement age.However, the document insists that these...

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Pozuelo de Alarcón, Alcobendas, and El Ejido lead the income gap among the large municipalities.

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) places Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Alcobendas (Madrid), El Ejido (Almería), and Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz) as the four Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants with the highest income inequality in 2023.The recent report from the economic 'think tank' analyzes the municipal incomes...

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Fedea warns that poverty in Spain would rise to 23.5% when adding the cost of housing.

In 2025, around 1.95 million people in Spain were in a situation of "hidden poverty": they did not appear as poor according to the usual criterion of available monetary income, but fell below the poverty threshold once the cost of access to housing was taken into account.This is derived from...

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Fedea proposes to partially limit widowhood at working age to reinforce pensions upon retirement.

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) has suggested introducing a partial incompatibility between the widow's pension and work income during the active stage of the beneficiary, with the idea of using the savings generated to ensure a minimum increase in the benefit for those widowers and widows who are...

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Experts ask to review the one-time payment for delayed retirement and reinforce the information to the worker.

A report released by the Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) raises the need to review how the one-time payment linked to delayed retirement is calculated, in order to reduce the systematic differences between beneficiaries, and to reinforce the information that the worker receives at the time of making their...

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Fedea urges Spain to subordinate public aid to China to real investments and not just announcements.

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) has urged the Government to tighten the requirements in light of the arrival of productive capital from China and to link any budgetary support to "executed investment and verifiable milestones," thus avoiding funding mere promises or preliminary announcements.In an extensive report signed by...

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The income gap in Spanish municipalities increased by 2.16% in 2023, according to Fedea.

The inequality in the distribution of income among Spanish municipalities increased by 2.16% in 2023, even though the average personal income reached 25,308 euros per taxpayer and 13,569 euros per inhabitant. These figures represent increases of 1.22% and 4.72%, respectively, according to a report released by Fedea.Specifically, taking the municipal...

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Castilla y León, second autonomy with the lowest funding for singular competencies, according to Fedea

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) has highlighted "equity problems" in the autonomous financing system linked to singular competencies, imbalances that, it points out, are "practically invisible" to the citizens. The organization places Catalonia as the community that received the most funds for the management of these attributions, with...

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Catalonia led the financing of singular competencies with 450 euros per inhabitant, according to Fedea.

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) detects "equity problems" in the autonomous financing system linked to singular competencies, distortions that it considers "practically invisible" to the majority of the population. In its analysis, it places Catalonia as the autonomous community that received the most funds for the management of...

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Fedea points out the Mossos as the most costly singular competition and asks to review it in the financing reform.

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) has released a report this Wednesday in which it places the Catalan autonomous police as the non-homogeneous competence with the highest cost for the State, with an estimate of 1.855 billion euros in 2023. Based on this calculation, the research center proposes to...

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Fedea points to the Catalan police as the most expensive singular competence and asks to review it in the funding reform.

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) has released a report this Wednesday in which it places the Catalan regional police as the most burdensome non-homogeneous competence for public finances, with an estimate of 1.855 billion euros in 2023. Based on this diagnosis, the organization proposes to take advantage of...

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The average duration of contracts signed in July is below 46 days.

The duration of labor contracts registered in public employment services stood in July at an average of 45.83 days, one of the lowest values for this month in the last two decades, according to data from the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) consulted by Europa Press.With this figure, it has...

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Fedea warns that the reform of autonomous financing puts the solvency of the State at risk and benefits Catalonia.

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) has analyzed the latest proposal from the Government to modify the autonomous financing system and warns that it would imply a "strong transfer of resources" from the Central Administration, which could place the State in a "precarious" position. The organization also identifies several...

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Fedea predicts that the interest cost of the regional debt will almost triple to 11.528 million in 2029.

The Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) estimates that the disbursement in interest on the debt of the autonomous communities could soar to 11.528 billion euros in 2029, compared to the 3.608 billion recorded in 2022, which would imply more than tripling the funds allocated to this concept.The calculation comes...

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The PSPV warns Llorca of a "political crime of treason" if he blocks the new Valencian financing.

The PSPV has issued a harsh warning to the 'president' of the Generalitat, Juanfran Pérez Llorca, stating that "he will commit a political crime of high treason against the Valencians" if he ultimately rejects and halts the Comunitat Valenciana from adopting the new system of regional financing promoted by the...

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Madrid, Catalonia, and the Balearic Islands, the only ones that contribute netly to the autonomous financing system in 2024, according to Fedea.

Madrid, Catalonia, and the Balearic Islands, the autonomous communities with the highest per capita income, were in 2024 the only net contributors to the autonomous financing system (SFA), according to a report released by the Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea).This Wednesday, Fedea has announced a technical note prepared by...

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Fedea calculates an 8-month delay in retirement due to the 2011 reform and warns of more premature deaths.

The pension reform approved in 2011 has already resulted in an average postponement of about 8.1 months in the effective retirement age among workers affected by the regulation and is associated with an increase in premature mortality, especially among men. This is concluded by a study from Fedea, the Universitat...

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Fedea warns that the auditing regulations distort information and worsen adjustments in banking.

Fedea has pointed out that the quality of an audit is mainly conditioned by the institutional framework in which it takes place and not so much by the individual work of the auditor. According to the organization, the current regulations, by prioritizing "verifiable evidence," end up leaving out part of...

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Catalonia can give a lesson to all of Spain in the management of dependency, according to FEDEA.

A recent analysis by the CETIS group, disseminated by FEDEA and signed by specialists in aging and care, argues that the decentralization of the system is not a problem, but an opportunity to improve care throughout the country According to this study, the management of dependency in Spain has much to...

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Fedea

Fedea strikes against the requirements of the data center decree for its harshness and "discriminatory" bias.

Only between 1% and 3% of income inequality is explained by the difference in income between Spaniards and immigrants.

Delayed retirements will soar to 30% due to the increase in life expectancy, according to Fedea.

Fedea criticizes that the official models of pension spending do not accurately reflect the effect of the reforms.

Fedea points out that disability and widow's pensions are the ones that deviate the most from what was contributed.

Fedea raises annual transfers for pensions to 50 billion and warns: "It's going to get worse"

Fedea detects advances in the sustainability of pensions but warns of "excessively optimistic" projections.

Pozuelo de Alarcón, Alcobendas, and El Ejido lead the income gap among the large municipalities.

Fedea warns that poverty in Spain would rise to 23.5% when adding the cost of housing.

Fedea proposes to partially limit widowhood at working age to reinforce pensions upon retirement.

Experts ask to review the one-time payment for delayed retirement and reinforce the information to the worker.

Fedea urges Spain to subordinate public aid to China to real investments and not just announcements.

The income gap in Spanish municipalities increased by 2.16% in 2023, according to Fedea.

Castilla y León, second autonomy with the lowest funding for singular competencies, according to Fedea

Catalonia led the financing of singular competencies with 450 euros per inhabitant, according to Fedea.

Fedea points out the Mossos as the most costly singular competition and asks to review it in the financing reform.

Fedea points to the Catalan police as the most expensive singular competence and asks to review it in the funding reform.

The average duration of contracts signed in July is below 46 days.

Fedea warns that the reform of autonomous financing puts the solvency of the State at risk and benefits Catalonia.

Fedea predicts that the interest cost of the regional debt will almost triple to 11.528 million in 2029.

The PSPV warns Llorca of a "political crime of treason" if he blocks the new Valencian financing.

Madrid, Catalonia, and the Balearic Islands, the only ones that contribute netly to the autonomous financing system in 2024, according to Fedea.

Fedea calculates an 8-month delay in retirement due to the 2011 reform and warns of more premature deaths.

Fedea warns that the auditing regulations distort information and worsen adjustments in banking.

Catalonia can give a lesson to all of Spain in the management of dependency, according to FEDEA.

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