In a televised address to the nation yesterday evening, Portugal’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa decreed a further extension to the State of Emergency, saying that an effective lockdown would [...]
Many of the consultants who are engaged in the study of the Angolan economy follow a methodology in which the predominant narrative is based on the negative numbers about macroeconomic aggregates [...]
A former governor of the Bank of Portugal and also ex vice-president of the European Central Bank has warned that regulators will have to step in to avoid a looming credit default crisis this [...]
Portuguese economists, concerned that the end of periods of grace on repayments on loans and interest on loans could lead to a spike in credit defaults, are calling for a phased post-moratorium [...]
Portugal’s public finances were €4.2Bn worse off from March to November according to calculations by the Parliamentary Budget Support Unit UTAO. The Covid-19 pandemic has required the State to [...]
Although the Covid-19 pandemic dragged many sectors of the economy down with the worst results on record, some sectors in Portugal did well in 2020 despite the lockdown. According to the National [...]
Portuguese economists consulted by an online news source believe that the latest lockdown measures ordered by the government will have a less damaging effect on the economy than the previous [...]
Portugal’s economy, already battered hard by 2020s commercial shutdowns due to the Coronavirus pandemic, is facing a further haemorrhage of €15Bn by April as fresh lockdown measures come into [...]
Portugal’s tourism bureau, Turismo de Portugal today unveiled a return to business and recovery plan for the sector. Handed over to the Strategic Council for Overseas Tourism Promotion (CEPT), [...]
The former president of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, highlighted four structural macro trends that would define the post-Covid-19 period from this year onwards. At an [...]
