Economy

Portuguese economy debt fell in 2025 to 277.9% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the lowest value since records began, driven by the country’s strong economic performance, according to the [...]

Portugal’s exports and not consumer spending was what most drove the economy on the whole in 2025. According to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) released on Friday, the [...]

Portugal once again stood out among the eurozone’s top-performing economies in the last quarter of 2025. Portugal saw its economy grow by 0.8% in 4Q – over double the eurozone’s average of [...]

Text: Chris Graeme; Photos: Chris Graeme/AmCham Portugal When diplomat Douglas Koneff, the Charge d’affaires at the US Embassy in Lisbon first started out on his diplomatic career he was given [...]

Portuguese companies believe that they will see exports rise 5.1% on average in 2026, expecting that the rate of overseas sales of goods will improve on 2025 despite international uncertainty and [...]

Portugal closed 2025 with a 4.4% drop in insolvencies compared to the previous year, from 2,361 to 2,256 cases, according to data from Allianz Trade, the world leader in Credit Insurance. The [...]

The trusted British economy current affairs magazine ‘The Economist’ voted Portugal as the economy of the year in 2025*, largely down to its financial discipline, prudent public spending, low [...]

The Business Confederation of Portugal/business school ISEG’s monthly barometer for December 2025 has confirmed Portugal’s end-of-year economic buoyancy and expects an uptick in the [...]

Portugal’s Forum for Competitiveness, led by economist Pedro Braz Teixeira, estimates that last year the economy grew slightly below the government’s forecast at between 1.5% and 1.9% But for [...]

A former PSD prime minister and president of Portugal, Ánibal Cavaco Silva, says Portugal should not be giving priority to attracting high amounts of community funds. On the 40th anniversary of [...]