Economy

One of Lisbon’s top clerical figures has lambasted the level of mediocrity in Portuguese governance, from the top to grass roots level. Speaking at a lunch organised by the International Club of [...]

Exports represented 50% of Portugal’s GDP in 2022 – a result not seem since 1987. It means that targets defined by the Government have been achieved three years early, partly because of [...]

Despite educating record numbers of students in areas such as economics and business management, Portugal’s companies and establishments are unable to match the opportunities and salaries within [...]

Sovereign debt, market bubbles, the impact of inflation, the consequences of the continuing war in Ukraine and keeping up with changes in technology are the challenges facing Portugal at State [...]

Portugal’s central bank governor Mário Centeno is optimistic that Europe’s economy will grow sufficiently to avoid a recession, adding that its performance has been “surprising”. Taking part on a [...]

Former banker António Horta Osório says that Portugal could “double its income” in 10 years if it managed to set aside party political differences and define a broad consensus. The former head of [...]

Around 25% of all Portuguese companies will be in a vulnerable situation next year because of higher interest rates on loans. Both the pandemic and fallout from the war in Ukraine have left many [...]

Portugal will escape the recession that will affect most of the Euro Zone in 2023 according to economists at Credit Suisse. The country will grow 0.8%, an amount that contrasts with the 0.2% [...]

The ex-finance minister, Maria Luís Albuquerque has been appointed to the European subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. The economist made the announcement via LinkedIn that she had joined the [...]

Portugal will organise the 16th edition of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development’s Global Forum Plenary for Transparency and Information Exchange for Tax Purposes. The news [...]