Unemployment

Portugal’s unemployment rate increased 0.4 percentages points in May after three months of recovery, now representing 13.2% of the working age population. In practical terms, it means that over 676,000

Already being closely monitored for its “excessive macroeconomic imbalances”, Portugal has been dealt another hefty side-swipe by EC technocrats. The report, which earlier this week revealed the country is on

Economist Eugénio Rosa has spoken out against what he claims is the manipulation of Portugal’s employment figures. While the Ministry for Social Security has revealed that there are 129,200 less

At last the extent to which the authorities ‘spin’ figures has been unmasked. Of the well-publicised “fall in unemployment” last year, only a fifth of people registered as unemployed in

It’s just a marginal increase, but one that ends Portugal’s 20-month run of shrinking unemployment. According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), Portugal’s unemployment levels increased 0.1% in October compared

Recession || Unemployment may have been dropping since last year, but the truth is that the number of unwanted jobs is also on the increase – mostly due to abysmal

Portugal’s unemployment rate dropped from 14.6% to 14.3% in May – the lowest rate registered since December 2011 – but Eurostat data shows that Portugal is still above the European

As the government is assailed by economic woes this week, one good piece of news showed that the number of unemployed people has fallen for the 12th consecutive month to