Economy
Economy
BBVA Research published its October auto sales chartbook, noting vehicle sales have experienced a v-shaped recovery, increasing 36 percent in the third quarter of 2020 from the previous quarter. However, sales are still 10 percent below levels observed in 3Q2019.
Following the release of 3Q20 earnings, BBVA CEO Onur Genç underlined on Friday that "this result shows a more normalized level, in line with previous years." The BBVA executive added that the €1.14 billion profit “represents a significant increase in the current context, up 79.5 percent vs. 2Q20 and 4.1 percent in constant euros, compared to the same quarter last year.”
Organized by Garanti BBVA, the Ekonomist magazine and the Turkish Association of Women Entrepreneurs (KAGIDER), the event marks the start of the process to present candidacies for this new edition.
The U.S. labor market continued to improve in August, according to the latest economic analysis from the BBVA Research team.
The BBVA Research team has published its Economic Outlook for third quarter 2020, as the U.S. faces one of its most challenging environments in modern history.
BBVA Research published its July auto sales chartbook, noting vehicle sales exceeded expectations for the quarter, resulting in an upward revision to the economists’ annual forecast. However, sales were still 33.7 percent below levels observed in 2Q2019, the worst decline since 2Q09.