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    “Our mission is to guarantee effective compliance of the financial sustainability principle by the General Goverment”

    AIReF endorses macroeconomic forecast of the 2024 budget of Basque Country

    Carpetas de AIReF
    The Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) endorses the Regional Accounts forecasts that accompany the 2024 draft budget of the Basque Country, which includes GDP growth estimates in volume terms and at current prices, along with estimates of its components in terms of supply and demand, the GDP deflator, and the employment and unemployment rate ... Read more

    Cristina Herrero stresses importance of transparency in making forecasts in times of uncertainty

    Cristina Herrero en PwC
    The President of the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF), Cristina Herrero, took part today in the second edition of the PwC Legal Forum, where she stressed the importance of transparency when making forecasts in an increasingly more ambiguous and volatile world dominated by uncertainty. In her opinion, it is increasingly more complicated to make ... Read more

    AIReF calls for changes in its organic law to consolidate evaluation

    Rueda de prensa tercera fase Spending Review
    The President of AIReF, Cristina Herrero, calls for the Organic Law to be amended to convert evaluation into a permanent function of the institution, ensure stable financing, sufficient human resources and greater initiative from AIReF in selecting the policies to be evaluated She stresses the need to improve the commission process to better plan evaluations, ... Read more

    Cristina Herrero: “Spain is vulnerable; we need broadest political consensus possible to address sustainability of public finances”

    Entrevista Cristina Herrero
    The President of the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) believes that a “country agreement” is necessary to ensure compliance with the new fiscal rules and to allow for challenges such as ageing, debt reduction and climate change, among others, to be addressed She warns that the public deficit will stagnate at 3% of GDP ... Read more

    Cristina Herrero stresses need to exploit potential of institutions like AIReF in reform of new fiscal framework

    FORO LA TOJA 2023_29S_6-02
    The President of the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility, Cristina Herrero, took part earlier today in the La Toja Forum in a month of debates on the fiscal rules, at which she stressed the need to exploit the potential of fiscal institutions like AIReF in the reform of the fiscal framework currently under debate in ... Read more

    AIReF publishes monitoring of recommendations for second quarter of 2023

    The Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) issued 11 recommendations aimed at placing the focus on medium-term orientation, strengthening budgetary stability and improving the transparency of public accounts AIReF’s recommendations are governed by the principle of “comply or explain” – the institution’s main tool to fulfil its mandate The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry ... Read more

    AIReF analyses recent evolution of public debt and sovereign markets following latest monetary policy decisions

    Imagen Observatorio de deuda septiembre 2023
    The Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) indicates that the debt ratio stood at 2% of GDP in the second quarter of 2023, 0.4 points lower than at the end of 2022 The recent revision of the GDP by the National Statistics Institute (INE) led to a reduction in the ratio of 1.8 points due ... Read more

    AIReF and Bank of Spain continue their collaboration on exchange of public sector information

    Carpetas de AIReF
    The two institutions have signed a new agreement, similar to the one signed in July 2017, which includes the exchange of information, continuous staff training plans and joint research projects The Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility, AAI (AIReF) and the Bank of Spain have signed a new four-year agreement to continue their collaboration on regular ... Read more

    Cristina Herrero: “The economic and fiscal situation requires responsibility from all tiers of government”

    Cristina Herrero en NEF 2
    The President of the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF), Cristina Herrero, has taken part today in the Europa Forum organised by Nueva Economía Fórum where she reviewed the economic and fiscal situation of the country. In her opinion, Spain is undergoing a complex period that requires responsibility and commitment from all tiers of government. ... Read more

    AIReF endorses Castile-La Mancha’s macroeconomic forecast for 2024

    Sede de la AIReF
    The Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) endorses the Regional Accounts forecasts that accompany the 2024 draft budget of Castile-La Mancha, which includes GDP growth estimates in volume terms and at current prices, and employment estimates in terms of people in work for the period 2023-2026 that are different from the latest macroeconomic scenario estimates ... Read more