Public debt rises in January
4th year-on-year rise According to data from the Bank of Portugal (BdP), public debt from the Maastricht perspective – which counts for Brussels – increased by around €3.6 billion to
Public debt falls to 95.3% of GDP in 2024 – lowest in 14 years
Portugal’s public debt ratio fell to 95.3% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2024, down from 97.9% the previous year and the lowest figure since June 2010, the Bank of
Public debt rises to €269.8 billion in October
Public debt from a Maastricht perspective – the one that counts for Brussels – increased by around €480 million year-on-year in October to €269.776 billion, the Bank of Portugal (BdP)
Direct state debt falls 0.6% in July to €292 billion
The balance of the Portuguese state’s direct debt fell by 0.6% in July compared to the previous month, to €292.045 billion, according to figures released today by the IGCP –
Portugal scrambles to return €6 BILLION in public debt
Today Portugal is facing a major public debt repayment operation in which it has to return six billion euros in Treasury Bonds (OT) to investors, at a date considered premature
Public debt in Portugal hits all time high
Debt rises by €3 billion just in April Public debt in the so-called ‘Maastricht view’, which means Brussels, rose by €3 billion in April to a record €279 billion, the
Portugal’s public debt back to Troika levels; third highest in Europe
Portugal’s public debt is back to the dizzying percentages of GDP that it was during the Troika years (of financial supervision after Portugal requested a €79 billion bailout). Indeed, it
INE: Fall of Portugal’s economy 2020 “steeper than originally estimated”
The recession provoked by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 “was deeper than originally estimated”. Portugal’s statistics institute INE has published new data to show the country’s GDP fell by 8.4%,
Public debt hits 133.8% of GDP: “historic record”
Portugal’s public debt has skyrocketed in the last six months of pandemic from 114% of GDP to 133.8%. It’s an historic record, explain reports, higher even than the last year
Portugal’s public debt leaps 8.6 billion euros
Anyone heartened by last week’s news that the public deficit has fallen €971.2 million compared to the figure for the same period last year, may be shocked to hear that