Over the past year, Spanish households have seen a bigger increase in their cost of borrowing than those of any other large euro-zone economy, but the increase in the interest paid on deposits has been tiny. This is squeezing households’ disposable incomes. The sharp increase in lending rates also supports our view that economic growth will slow in Spain and could turn negative later in the year.
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