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Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: Galp -4% on Hormuz Accord, BdP Cuts 2026 Deficit Forecast
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Economy
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Economy
Banco de Portugal's June Boletim Económico Cuts the 2026 Deficit Forecast to 0.2% of GDP — Net Expenditure Trajectory Breaches the Brussels Commitment as Iran-War Severe Scenario Lifts 2027 Inflation to 4.3%
Banco de Portugal's June Boletim Económico cut the 2026 deficit forecast from 0.4% to 0.2% of GDP, but warns net expenditure growth breaches the Brussels commitment. Iran-war severe scenario lifts 2027 inflation to 4.3% and trims growth by 0.5pp.
Economy
Government Weighs a €1,000 National Minimum Wage Path for 2027 Above the €970 Tripartite-Accord Target — Concertação Social Door Reopens Ahead of the OE2027 Budget Window
Prime Minister Montenegro signalled to social partners the 2027 minimum wage could hit €1,000 — above the €970 tripartite accord target. Labour Minister Palma Ramalho is keeping the door open ahead of the OE2027 budget window.
News
Recuperar Portugal Drives the PRR Final-Mile Push Toward the 31 August 2026 Milestone Cutoff — €22.2 Billion Envelope, 117 Investments and 44 Reforms Funnel Onto a Two-and-a-Half-Month Window
Portugal's €22.2 billion PRR envelope funnels onto a two-and-a-half-month window ahead of the 31 August 2026 milestone cutoff — 117 investments, 44 reforms and the 31 October 2025 reprogramming of €516 million stack into the final-mile delivery wire.
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Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: Sarmento Anchors Capital Markets Day Eve, Granvinhos Plants €27M Régua Bet, Euribor 6M Holds Above 2.38%
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News
Banco de Portugal's April Housing-Credit Print Marks New-Loan TAA at 2.86% — Stock-Implied Rate Climbs to 3.088% as the 45% Taxa de Esforço Cap Lands From 1 July
Banco de Portugal's April 2026 housing-credit print marks the new-loan rate at 2.86% (+5bp m/m) and the stock-implied rate at 3.088% — its first uptick in two years. The 45% DSTI cap lands 1 July, cutting a typical €3,500-net-income household's borrowing ceiling by €18,000-€25,000.
Economy
Portugal Misses the 7 June Transposition Deadline on the EU Pay Transparency Directive 2023/970 — Ministério do Trabalho's 30 March Draft Sits Open as the Job-Ad Pay-Band Rule and Reversed Burden of Proof Bind Anyway
Portugal sat out the 7 June 2026 transposition deadline on European Union Directive 2023/970 (the Pay Transparency Directive / Diretiva da Transparência Salarial) without publishing a Decreto-Lei in the Diário da República. The Ministério do...