Inflation

Portugal recorded a 16.5% annual increase in housing prices, standing out as one of the most dynamic markets globally. Lisbon continues to assert itself in the prime residential segment, standing [...]

Portugal ranks among the European countries where residents most acutely feel the impact of tourism on housing costs. An estimated annual rent increase of €220 since 2019 places the country among [...]

Hiked interest rates in the Euro Zone to curb inflation resulting from two months of sky-high oil and gas prices, all feeding into higher monthly payments on mortgages, means that the Portuguese [...]

Restaurants and hotels were the biggest contributors to inflation in May, the month in which Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny made his debut in Portugal. According to the National Institute of [...]

The inflation rate rose to 3.3% in Portugal in April because of the increase in cost of fuel. “As seen in the previous month (March), the acceleration of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is mainly [...]

The inflation rate accelerated to 2.7% in March, 0.6 percentage points higher than in February, mainly reflecting the increase in fuel prices, the National Statistics Institute (INE) announced [...]

Drug prices in Portugal will have to rise “sooner or later” due to inflation and political pressure, factors that tend to bring European prices closer to those practiced in the United [...]

The escalating conflict in the Middle East is reigniting concerns among the CEOs of Portugal’s leading companies as they watch the effects of the crisis unfold on stock markets, the energy [...]

Construction costs for new housing registered a year-on-year increase of 4% in December and a rise of 0.9 percentage points (p.p.) compared to the previous month, according to data from the New [...]

Construction costs on new housing saw a like-for-like increase of 3.8% but a fall of 0.9% on July according to data from the index of New Housing Construction Costs (ICCHN), published by [...]