Bank of Portugal

Portugal’s share of foreign direct investment is among the most relevant of the 27 OECD countries according to a study. In 2024, the amount of foreign direct investment and its impact on [...]

The Bank of Portugal (BoP), which is lead by outgoing governor Mário Centeno, has signed a contract to invest €192 million in its new headquarters at Entrecampos in Lisbon. According to [...]

Álvaro Santos Pereira, an ex-Minister of the Economy (2011-2013) under a past PSD headed coalition government led by Pedro Passos Coelho, has been appointed the new governor of the Bank of [...]

The leader of Portugal’s socialist PS party, José Luís Carneiro, thinks that Mário Centeno should continue on for a second term as governor of the Bank of Portugal in the “national interest”. He [...]

The successor to Mário Centeno at the helm of the Bank of Portugal could be announced as early as next week following a meeting of the Council of Ministers today. (Friday 18) Or he or she could [...]

The Bank of Portugal has announced that its governor Mário Centeno will be replaced “soon” with a new governor appointed without a public competition. If Mário Centeno doesn’t go for a second [...]

Mário Centeno, perhaps the best Governor of the Bank of Portugal the country has seen in 25 years, warned that continued uncertainty over tariffs could undermine growth in the Portuguese economy [...]

The leader of Portuguese populist party Chega – now the leading opposition party in the parliament – André Ventura, has accused the Governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mário Centeno, of [...]

Expectations that Portugal can grow its economy beyond 1.6% for 2025 continue to be limited according to the Bank of Portugal’s May bulletin after its downward revision to 1.6% last week from [...]

The number of people in Portugal taking out mortgages rose to its highest level in April since August 2008 according to data released from the Bank of Portugal released on Friday. “The [...]