Only a little more than 2 in 10 plan to invest, according to the latest survey by the CREA groups. This is a lower level than that recorded, for the same date, in the last two years.

The survey carried out in March reflects that 77% consider that the country's economic situation could improve within a year. Andrés Borenstein, chief economist at Econviews, said: "It is not easy to see it or not see it. I define myself as cautiously optimistic"