Statistics glossary

In the Balance of Payments, this account includes capital transfers (such as those received by the General Government sector from the European Union) and the acquisition/disposals of nonproduced, nonfinancial assets (such as trademarks, concessions, or CO2 emission rights) between residents and non-residents.

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Percentage share of each national central bank in the European Central Bank’s total capital.

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Subsector of the economy comprised of all financial institutions and quasi-corporations that are neither engaged in financial intermediation nor provide auxiliary financial services, and when the majority of their assets or liabilities are not traded in open markets.

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GHG emissions per unit of economic output. It is expressed as the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emitted per unit of economic output, for example, tons of CO2e per million euros of revenue.

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GHG emissions per unit of economic output. It is expressed as the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emitted per unit of economic output, for example, tons of CO2e per million euros of revenue.

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Cash corresponds to banknotes and coins issued or authorized by monetary authorities.

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The aggregate ‘cash and deposits’ includes cash in circulation and deposits, both in domestic and foreign currency.

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The cash basis principle is an accounting principle by which transactions are recorded at the moment when payment or receipt occurs.

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A statistic that recorded the main items of foreign exchange income and payments made by the Spanish Foreign Exchange Institute (IEME) until 1970 and by the Banco de España from that year onwards. This information came from the administrative records established by the exchange control regulations, in force until 1992.

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Acronym for 'Central de Balances Anual" (annual central balance sheet data)

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Acronym for the database created from the data of commercial registers.

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The acronym stands for "Circular del Banco de España".

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Acronym for 'Central de Balances Integrada' (integrated central balance sheet)

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Acronym for 'Central de Balances Trimestral' (quarterly central balance sheet)

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The acronym stands for the Spanish Confederation of Savings Banks (website).

The acronym stands for the Spanish Confederation of Mutual Societies.

Institutional sector that includes the State and dependent entities that do not produce for the market.

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A Central Securities Depository will be considered as such if it carries out the following basic functions:

• The initial registration of securities in a book-entry system (notary service).
• The management of a securities settlement system (settlement service).
• The provision and maintenance of securities accounts at the top level of holding (central registration function).

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Composition of an aggregate that changes over the time series of a statistic due to changes in its definition.

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See Credit institutions

See Collective investment institutions

Investment made by venture capital entities and other collective investment entities in which the divestment/redemptions policy of their shareholders or participants meets the following requirements:

• that divestments/redemptions occur simultaneously for all shareholders or participants, and
• that what is received by each shareholder or participant is based on the rights corresponding to each of them, according to the terms established in their statutes or regulations for each class of shares or units.

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Collective investment entities that, lacking a commercial or industrial objective, obtain capital from a series of investors to invest it in all types of financial or non-financial assets, according to a defined investment policy.

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Closed-end collective investment entity established as a fund, that is, without legal personality.

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The acronym stands for the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (website).

See Quarterly National Accounts of Spain

Collective investment institutions are those that aim to collect funds, assets, or rights from the public to manage and invest them in assets, rights, securities, or other instruments, whether financial or not, as long as the investor’s return is determined based on collective results.

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Short-term debt security issued at a discount.

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Total remuneration, in cash or in kind, that a company pays to its employees, including gross wages and salaries, variable salary components, overtime, and social security contributions and benefits paid by the company, divided by the total number of employees.

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Spain’s competitiveness indices provide a measure of the comparative advantage in terms of prices of Spain relative to its main competitors in international markets.

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A balance sheet obtained by excluding positions between Monetary Financial Institutions (MFIs) that appear in the aggregated balance sheet of the sector (such as loans and deposits between MFIs).

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It refers to the elimination of both jobs and resources from operations within the same institutional unit or between units that are part of a group or sector, as well as the elimination of reciprocal financial asset and liability balances.

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Acronym corresponding to the Consumer Price Index.

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A company whose activity consists of receiving deposits or other repayable funds from the public and granting credits on its own account.

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Institutional grouping of the set of credit institutions. It is composed of: the Banco de España, deposit institutions, the Official Credit Institute (ICO), and systemically important service companies (ESIS).

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A broad measure of the financing provided by the Monetary Financial Institutions (MFI) sector to residents in the euro area who are not MFIs (including the private sector and General Government).

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Euro banknotes and coins distributed less banknotes withdrawn.

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In the Balance of Payments, the current account includes transactions of goods and services, primary income, and secondary income between residents and non-residents. The current account balance shows the difference between the sum of exports of goods and services and income receipts, and the sum of imports of goods and services and income payments.

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