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(*) We thank the members of the Department of Coyuntura y Previsión for their suggestions and comments. The conversations with them have been extremely helpful to identify the relevant issues concerning forecasting growth in the Spanish economy. We also thank Juan Peñalosa for his detail comments on the first version of the paper. Maximo Camacho thanks the Fundación Ramón Areces for its financial support. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not represent the views of the Bank of Spain or the Eurosyste