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The self-employed also suffer, and much, the deceleration that as a direct consequence of the independence process is registering economic growth and job creation in Catalonia. The Association of Autonomous Workers (ATA) warns that, since the beginning of this year, the Catalan community accumulates " a loss of 1,594 freelancers in 2019 , compared to the increase recorded last year in the same period, where 4,456 freelancers earned."

The figures show that the business and activity in Catalonia of many small businesses is suffering but, in addition, they show notable differences with respect to those of the Community of Madrid, a region with which it is always compared because they are both the main economic powers of the country and therefore responsible for the creation of a significant number of jobs. Thus, the affiliation in Madrid grew in 5,120 self-employed during the first 11 months of the year, representing an increase of 1.3% compared to the end of 2018 and the second largest advance in the entire country, only surpassed by that of Andalusia.

"The first thing that an entrepreneur, an autonomous or an entrepreneur needs is a climate of stability, trust and legal certainty, " explains Lorenzo Amor, president of ATA and vice president of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE), when asked about the situation in Catalonia.

" But support measures are also necessary," continues Amor, "such as those taken by Andalusia and Madrid, which are precisely the two communities where the number of freelancers has grown the most and where they have occurred: tax cuts, obstacles have been eliminated, inheritance and donations have been removed, which are very important for, for example, livestock farms, and the flat rate has also been extended for new self-employed and for rural and young women, "he adds.

Loss of competitiveness

The affiliation figures released yesterday by the Ministry of Labor coincided with a study on regional competitiveness published by the Council of Economists, and which shows that "in Catalonia, the institutional crisis and the growing uncertainty begin to make nick ". "Both economic growth, such as foreign investment or the business climate, are beginning to suffer, although the indicators used for 2018 do not reflect the recent events that occurred following the ruling of the Supreme Court," the document explains.

In Madrid, once again, the situation contrasts greatly. According to the criteria that the Council has used to make the report, this community is the most competitive in Spain, ahead of Navarra and the Basque Country. That is, Catalonia is not even among the top three regions and has in the economic environment and business efficiency "the two axes that most accuse the situation of instability."

For this reason, and also for the certain weakening that the Basque Country is suffering, those responsible for the document pay attention to the fact that within the "competitive triangle" that make up the Community of Madrid, Catalonia and the aforementioned Basque community, two of its vertices are Among the regions that show less dynamism in 2018 and "the center of gravity tends to move" towards the capital.

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