The OECD has joined the IMF and Brussels in doubling Portugal’s 2023 growth outlook from 1.0% to 2.5%. The reason? Portugal’s export order books are more buoyant than initially expected. The OECD [...]
Portugal’s Finance minster, Fernando Medina has welcomed the latest statistics from the national statistics institute INE on growth and inflation saying they offered “good prospects for 2023” [...]
Portugal had the second highest GDP growth in the European Union in the first quarter of 2023 according to a back of the envelope estimate from Eurostat on Tuesday. Only Poland enjoyed higher [...]
Portugal’s economy is growing at a higher rate than in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic struck. The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its forecast for Portugal’s 2023 economic [...]
Despite uncertainty, indicators show that Portugal’s economy is fairing better than expected in terms of trade and GDP for the first quarter of 2023. The fall in energy prices has helped [...]
The start of this year left companies and investors jittery, but with three tailwinds for 2023 there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic according to Leslie Rubio, Managing Director and [...]
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 [...]
