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Banco de Portugal Daily Activity Indicator Reads -5.1% on 3 June General Strike, Undercutting Government's 'Residual Participation' Account
The Banco de Portugal's Daily Economic Activity Indicator (DEI) registered a 5.1% year-on-year drop on 3 June 2026, the day of the general strike called by CGTP and UGT — contradicting the Governo's claim that participation had been 'residual'.
Portugal M&A Tape Skids Through Jan-April 2026 With Deal Count Down 32% and Value Down 28% on TTR Data's Read — €1.3 Billion Across 141 Operations as Tech and Real Estate Tie at 21 Each and Spanish Buyers Lead Cross-Border Inflow
The Portuguese mergers-and-acquisitions tape continued the sharp deceleration that took hold across the first quarter, with TTR Data's Jan-April 2026 reading (released 13 May and updated in the late-May / early-June Iberian-desk follow-ups) putting...
OECD Forecasts Zero Budget Balance for Portugal in 2026 and 0.1% Deficit in 2027 — June Economic Outlook Pencils 1.8% GDP Growth, 3.2% Inflation Peak and 86.3% Debt-to-PIB as PRR Grants Carry the Expansionary Year
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCDE — Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Económico) released the June 2026 issue of its semi-annual Economic Outlook on 10 June 2026, pencilling Portugal at a zero...
Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Slips 0.06% to 8,897 as EDPR Drops 3.1%, Galp +1.9% on Hormuz Premium
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Monção-Melgaço Alvarinho Producers Draw €6+ Million in Vineyard Investment as Anselmo Mendes Books €5.5M Revenue, Soalheiro Ships 480,000 Bottles to 55 Markets and Grape Prices Hit €1.20/kg
The Alvarinho boom in Monção-Melgaço delivered 12 million litres of 2025 wine across 1,514 hectares. Anselmo Mendes' €2M Quinta da Torre, Soalheiro's €1M press hall and the Quinta do Louridal €3M enoturismo project anchor a producer wave with grape prices at €1.20/kg.
IGCP Banks €1.078 Billion in Twin Treasury-Bond Auction on 10 June — 3.342% Yield on the 2035 Nine-Year Line, 3.894% on the 2045 Eighteen-Year Issue Inside the €13 Billion Annual Funding Programme
The Agência de Gestão da Tesouraria placed €1.078 billion in Wednesday's twin Treasury Bond auction, pricing the 2035 nine-year line at 3.342% and the 2045 eighteen-year issue at 3.894% — within the Treasury's €13 billion 2026 annual financing programme.