Shhhh… Portugal heading for four years of deficit
Government insists “there will be no deficit”, but we are in an election campaign Tucked well into the back pages today is the news that the “next government that results
Everyone appears to be trashing Bank of Portugal warning about a return to deficit
It is now widely understood that former finance minister, now Bank of Portugal governor, Mário Centeno’s bleak forecast for the economy in 2025 is ‘on its own’: every organisation/ think
President dismisses ‘concerns’ about deficit
Socialists insist warnings (by former Socialist minister) ‘should be taken very seriously’ President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has dismissed concerns about the possibility of a deficit in 2025
Portugal records ‘second largest deficit surplus’ for 2nd quarter of 2023
Portugal in the second quarter of this year recorded the second-largest public sector budget surplus of countries in the eurozone and in the European Union, at 2.3% of estimated gross
If economy gets worse, government will increase budget deficit – minister
Portugal’s minister of finance, Fernando Medina, said on Friday that the government is not stuck to this year’s budget deficit target and will allow it to be higher if economic
2022 deficit certain not to exceed 1.5%; economic growth “at least 6.7%” – PM
António Costa gives a broad interview to Visão Yesterday, the country heard PM António Costa was presenting a new ‘extra support’ for the country’s poorest citizens (of €240 per family)
Portugal’s 2021 deficit “will be close to 3%”, says governor of Bank of Portugal
From a predicted 4.3% to ‘close to 3%’ – this is the magical forecast today by Portugal’s central bank governor Mário Centeno, who in one fell swoop seems to have
IMF “duplicates pessimism over Portugal”
The IMF has ‘duplicated’ its already negative estimate over the size of Portugal’s deficit this year. The last projection was for 2.7% (while the Portuguese government itself was working on
Deficit falls “showing resilience of Portuguese economy”, says minister
News that Portugal’s deficit fell to 445 million euros in July is proof that the economy is “prepared” for current challenges, Finance minister Mário Centeno has declared. As PS Socialist
Deficit improves by €453 million says figures up to May
Despite the flak it has been getting, Portugal’s government has revealed new data to show the budget deficit has improved by €453 million. Figures for May show public accounts were