Economy

The European Commission has revised Portugal’s growth for 2021 upwards to 4.5% and 5.3% for 2022. In the four months since it last reviewed Portugal’s economic growth, it revealed on Thursday [...]

An index into economic confidence in Portugal compiled by a group of economists at the ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, shows that confidence increased to 38.1 points in [...]

Around 44% of non-financial companies in Portugal presented negative results in 2020 with turnover falling 9.7% and own capital levels down 3.8% — nearly half the amount seen in 2019 according to [...]

The ex-president of the Council of Public Finances believes that the rejection by parliament of the State Budget 2022 provides an “opportunity” for the country to embark on a policy of [...]

Portugal has consistently increased taxes in order to fill a black hole in the country’s public finances according to a London School of Economics economist. To sort the problem out, Portugal’s [...]

A delegation from California including 10 elected state officials was in Portugal for 12 days in October to understand why Portugal is such a success story in terms of climate change and [...]

There are good reasons to be cheerful for Mário Centeno who runs Portugal’s central bank – Banco de Portugal as the country’s economic recovery looks robust. However, there’s no time to [...]

The Portuguese Government is facing tough opposition to its State Budget 2022 from both the right and far left in the Portuguese parliament which, if rejected, could sweep its public accounts off [...]

The Governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mário Centeno will be the guest speaker today at a lunch organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Portugal (AmCham). But what is he likely to tell [...]

Portugal’s economy will grow more than expected between now and the end of the first half of 2022 but the annual budget deficit and accumulated deficit is set to remain persistently stubborn. The [...]