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The second, that of infections that Spain is suffering, endangers the economic rebound and, therefore, threatens to exacerbate the crisis.

The Bank of Spain has already warned in its estimates, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reaffirms it in its review of the Spanish economy and published this Wednesday.

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In the midst of a second wave of infections, the incipient economic rebound is in danger,

" says the agency, while pointing out that "preserving the health of the population remains a top priority" and that "it is critical to ensure the effectiveness of the new containment measures and the preparation of the health system to be able to face new outbreaks, as well as to acquire and distribute a vaccine when it becomes available. "

In the aforementioned document, the Fund maintains its growth estimate for this year for now.

Or rather, of economic collapse: a fall of 12.8%.

On the other hand, for next year the figures improve by almost one point,

going from forecasting 6.3% growth to 7.2%

"underpinned by the use of the EU Recovery and Resilience Mechanism and its confidence building effects ".

But this better, he insists, could be clouded by "slower progress than anticipated in vaccines and treatments, a no-deal Brexit, an escalation of trade tensions could further cloud the outlook" and, as has been pointed out , the "

failure to control new outbreaks

"

The warning also comes at a time marked by the confrontation between the Government and especially the Community of Madrid due to the disparity of criteria regarding how the increase in cases should be faced, and with Spain becoming the protagonist of the second wave in Europe .

Increase in poverty

The document of the body directed by Kristalina Georgieva also makes a clear and worrying warning about the impact that the crisis will have on Spanish society: "Socio-economic disparities, which were already high before Covid-19, are on the way to deepening, and it

is poverty likely to increase

. "

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