“Our mission is to guarantee effective compliance of the financial sustainability principle by the General Goverment”
High level economists, specialized in macroeconomic and debt sustainability issues, meet at AIReF to analyze Public Debt Sustainability at an international seminar Access to seminar’s webcast The Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility organized an international session on Debt Sustainability Analysis. The participants at the event belong to a selected group of high profile economists and experts … Read more
This initiative is part of AIReF´s effort to foster discussion and improve communication between policy makers, practitioners and researchers. The idea is simple: a short presentation with potential policy recommendations followed by an open discussion on the main points raised by the speakers. The seminar will be introduced by José Luis Escrivá, AIReF President, and … Read more
In this report, AIReF analyses the proposals submitted by the Ministry of Finance and Civil Service (MINHAFP) on the horizontal distribution of budgetary stability and public debt targets in the Autonomous Regions (ARs) for the period 2018-2020. As in previous years, the AIReF assessment focuses on the first year, 2018, taking 2016 as a … Read more
The aim of this report is to assess the likelihood of compliance in 2017 with the budget stability and debt targets and with the expenditure rule by the different public administrations. Also, for the Autonomous Regions (ARs) that have submitted information on the Economic-Financial Plan (EFP) for AIReF’s report prior to its presentation to the … Read more
On the basis of its analysis, AIReF concludes that the minimum increase of 0.25% should be applied to contributory pensions in 2017, as stated in the Spanish General State Budget Law for 2017. AIReF has to issue an opinion on the figures used by the Spanish Ministry of Employment & Social Security to determine the … Read more
Today, the Independent Authority of Spanish Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) published the report on the draft Economic-Financial Plan (PEF) of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. The report states the expected expenditure to be enough for compliance with the expenditure rule in 2017 and 2018, albeit with little margin. Therefore, any deviation in expenditure could jeopardize … Read more
Today on its website, the Independent Authority of Spanish Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) published the report on the draft Economic-Financial Plan (PEF) of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia. The report recommends to the community to adopt certain actions as it is unlikely that it will be able to reach the budgetary stability target … Read more
On Wednesday, the President of the Independent Authority of Spanish Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF), José Luis Escrivá, participated in a conference on the 2017 General State Budgets organized by the Association for Management Progress (APD) together with Deloitte, held at the Hotel Meliá Castilla in Madrid. José Luis Escrivá analysed financial sustainability and compliance with deficit objectives, … Read more
This Monday, the President of the Independent Authority of Spanish Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF), José Luis Escrivá took part in a Lisbon conference on economic growth and sustainability of public finances organized by the Central Bank of Portugal. José Luis Escrivá analysed the institutional framework and the application of fiscal-structural reforms during his participation in the Policy … Read more
The EU Network of Independent Financial Institutions (EUNIFI) held its seventh meeting on June 27 with the presence of the Independent Fiscal Institutions (IFIs) and representatives from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DGECFIN). José Luis Escrivá, the president of the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) attended on behalf of the … Read more
