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High interest rates, inflation and the Government’s More Housing package have put the brakes on commercial real estate investment in Portugal which has fallen by around 56% since January. Cushman [...]

The European Central Bank must continue to pursue high interest rates in order to prevent a wage price spiral. This was the key message from the President of the ECB Christine Lagarde who warned [...]

A leading Portuguese banker said on Tuesday that increasing interest rates for small investors with €1000 or so just isn’t worth it for the banks and would cost them a small fortune. However, [...]

Owners of private guest houses rented out to tourists as Local Accommodation have snubbed the government by refusing to long-lease their premises to local families. Most of those who own [...]

A Portuguese economist who ran the country’s treasury and debt management agency IGCP, has warned that despite forecasts that interest rates will stabilise at between 2% and 3%, high interest [...]

Around 268,000 people in Portugal have now invested in crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum according to estimates from Triple A. However Portuguese investment in crypto assets represents [...]

An asset management company led by entrepreneur João Cota Dias has launched a new fund which aims to net €100 million from Portuguese and overseas investors. It will be the second venture capital [...]

The head of an Independent Technical Commission (CTI) which has been charged with hiring consultants to undertake 25 studies into potential sites for the Lisbon region’s new international airport [...]

The German company Mutares has signed an agreement with the government to purchase the electrical and transport systems company Efacec. However, the asset management company says the deal will [...]

Last year saw an unprecedented number of cyberattacks against Portuguese institutions including banks, education, technology, transport, health and even media groups. According to the Portuguese [...]