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Financial flows and balance sheets of households and non-financial corporations in 2021

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  • Víctor García-Vaquero
  • Juan Carlos Casado

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The Financial Accounts of the Spanish Economy show that the financial situation of households and non-financial corporations strengthened in 2021. Unlike in 2020, households increased their outstanding debt in the form of bank loans, mainly loans for house purchase, in keeping with the real estate market's greater buoyancy. However, given that household income grew more, their debt-to-income ratio fell by 1.6 percentage points to 91.9%. This remains, however, above its 2019 level. Non-financial corporations' debt-to-GDP ratio also fell in 2021 (by 4.3 percentage points, to 80%). This was largely due to GDP growth, as their consolidated debt increased slightly. Turning to financial asset investment decisions, households continued the trend of recent years of increasing their holdings of bank deposits and investment fund shares or units, while - in keeping with the recovery in business activity and with lower concern for liquidity risks, respectively - firms granted a higher volume of trade finance and accumulated fewer liquid assets.

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  • Víctor García-Vaquero & Juan Carlos Casado, 2022. "Financial flows and balance sheets of households and non-financial corporations in 2021," Economic Bulletin, Banco de España, issue 3/2022.
    • Handle: RePEc:bde:journl:y:2022:i:03:d:aa:n:16
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    Keywords

    The outstanding balance of financial assets and liabilities.;

    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
    • R2 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis

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