So far it is life as usual here.

Since October 1st, 2017, more than 800 companies have moved their official address to outside of Catalunya. They tend to be larger firms. To be fair, a few have moved TO Catalunya during that same period.

Tourism bookings are down 20% on this time last year. Tourism is a significant part of the Catalan economy.

Real estate - too soo to tell. I think real estate prices probably trail events by some months.

Maybe it's time to come visit. :)

Looking for a flat in Barcelona right now and I can tell you prices haven't moved in the slightest. Maybe that will change now, though.

I was in BCN a few days ago, and one year prior, as well. Everything seemed very normal, both in the touristic and non-touristic areas. The former was full of foreigners, just as it was a year ago. As for the latter area, I went to a large mall on the outskirts where seemingly only locals were, and it was also super full.

Around 1600 companies had left the area since 1 octobre. If i'm not wrong recession index are defined as two consecutive trimesters of economical decline, so we'll need to wait until June 2018 to answer correctly how (and if) this was affected the economy.