The Canary Islands increase their foreign trade in 2025, but maintain a strong trade deficit
Imports in the Canary Islands during the first two months of 2025 reached a provisional value of 3,741.46 million euros, which represents an increase of 2.8% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data from the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (ISTAC). For their part, exports totaled 668.02 million euros, with an increase […]
Inflation moderates in the Canary Islands and is below the national average
The annual variation rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the Canary Islands fell to 1.6% in March 2025, which is six tenths less than in February (2.2%), according to the latest data published by the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (ISTAC). This figure is also seven tenths below the […]
Business confidence rises slightly in the second quarter of 2025, driven by transportation and hospitality
Business confidence in Spain has registered a slight increase of 0.1% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). This slight improvement is mainly driven by the transportation and hospitality sectors, which recorded the largest increase with 1.6%, […]
The Canary Islands lead the growth of employment in retail trade and remain among the communities with the greatest increase in sales
Retail trade in the Canary Islands continues to show positive signs. In February 2025, the annual rate of change of the general retail trade index at constant prices was provisionally at 2.2%, exceeding the national average, which was 0.8%. This figure places the Canary Islands in third place in the national ranking, only by […]
Employment in the Canary Islands continues to rise: March registers 937,245 Social Security affiliations
The average number of affiliations grows by 3.4% compared to March 2024 During the month of March 2025, the average number of Social Security affiliations in the Canary Islands stood at 937,245, which represents an increase of 3,149 affiliations compared to the previous month. In year-on-year terms, growth was even more […]
The EU trade balance reaches a surplus of 147 billion euros in 2024
In 2024, the trade balance in goods of the European Union closed with a surplus of 147,000 million euros, which represents an increase of 113,000 million compared to the previous year (34,000 million in 2023). Since 2014, the EU has maintained a positive trade balance, except in 2022, when rising prices […]
