The ten-year Treasury bond yield peaked at 4.0141 percent on Friday before closing at 3.971. It was 3.20 percent in January. Economists blame a global bond sell-off, not Portugal, but the 2027 interest bill was already rising.
A Bank of Portugal note puts household, corporate and public debt at 282.7% of GDP in June, after roughly €40 billion was added in six months. Housing credit drove the €8.2 billion household increase.
The Bank of Portugal says the combined current and capital account surplus fell to 0.8% of GDP in the first half, down 45.8% on a year earlier, as a wider goods deficit bit. Yet net external debt dropped to 33.9% of GDP, its lowest since 2001. What the split means for residents and investors.
Fresh Banco de Portugal figures show Portuguese companies opened 2026 more profitable and better capitalised. The return on assets rose to a historically high 9.5% in the first quarter, while financial autonomy — the share of assets funded by equity — climbed to 45.7% as firms leaned less on borrowi
The Fundo de Resolucao, which financed the 2014 rescue of Banco Espirito Santo, has set aside €630 million in its 2025 accounts against the chance it must one day compensate BES creditors under the 'no creditor worse off' principle.
A new Bank of Portugal report shows banking-sector return on equity slipped to 13.65% in the first quarter of 2026 as falling rates compress net interest margins.
Credit intermediaries arranged 50.6% of consumer loans in 2025 — the first time the channel has crossed half since it was regulated in 2018. They handled 57% of mortgages and 82.6% of car finance, the Bank of Portugal reports.
