Economy

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 [...]

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 [...]

Opinion: Chris Graeme He was competent, had good ideas, worked hard at bringing in new overseas markets for Portuguese companies, and identified failures in the speed and distribution of European [...]

Portugal’s net external debt fell to 43.9% of GDP in the first quarter of this year, the lowest level since December 2004, representing €126.9Bn, the Bank of Portugal (BdP) announced on Tuesday. [...]

A study from Bruegel has compared the effects of US tariffs on employment at a regional level in the European Union and suggests that the impact in the North of Portugal and the Algarve regions [...]

Economic growth in Portugal slowed to 1.6% in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2024 according to statistics published by the country’s National Statistics Institute (INE) [...]

Text: Chris Graeme Photo: Fernando Bento (ICPT) Low productivity is one of the main stumbling blocks to economic growth in Portugal according to Portugal’s Minister of Finances, Joaquim Miranda [...]

Portugal’s overseas investment bureau AICEP has approved a €300 million package to support four companies – Coloplast, Biotek, Presh and Testo, creating 152 new jobs and securing the [...]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) painted a more rosy picture than the government’s for Portugal’s economic performance this year, predicting an 0.5% surplus with continuing modest surpluses [...]

Around €7.4Bn from the European funding of grants and loans that make up the country’s Recovery and Resilience Plan has been paid out to its beneficiaries to date. The figure represents 34% of [...]