Sovereign debt

Interest rates on Portugal’s 10-year sovereign bonds have gone up for bonds with two, five and 10 year maturities by just over 3% for 10-year bonds, similar to increases on national debt suffered [...]

Portugal’s finances minister Fernando Medina has achieved the government’s long held aim of reducing Portugal’s public debt to below 100% currently standing at 98.7% for 2023. The debt has fallen [...]

It was a move that had no been expected because of the current political instability and a slowdown in Portugal’s exports, but the US ratings agency Moody’s has increased Portugal’s rating to ‘A [...]

Portugal has postponed the repayment of €641 million to 2027 and 2030. The Portuguese debt and treasury management agency IGCP undertook its third debt exchange operation this year on Tuesday. [...]

The US ratings agency has raised the rating of Portugal’s sovereign debt from BBB+ to A- with a stable outlook. It means that Portugal has at last achieved coveted ‘A’ status after years in which [...]

The decision by the European Central Bank to hike interest rates by quarter of a percent last week has put pressure on the yields bond investors expect back from the Portuguese State, The [...]

The ratings agency DBRS has raised the rating on Portugal’s national debt to ‘A Stable Outlook’ for the second time in the space of a year. The agency did so because Portugal’s [...]

Portugal is more dependant on its central bank than any other country in the EU in terms of the amount of government sovereigns held. This is according to a report on sovereign debt from the OECD [...]