Portugal's economy explained: GDP data, market trends, business developments, inflation, real estate, and economic policy. Analysis of how economic trends affect daily life and expat finances.
The Conselho das Finanças Públicas reads PRR execution at 45% by end-2025 — twelve months from the closing window, with the gap pressuring the 2026 OE on top of Brussels's 1.7% growth trim and the storm-cluster damage envelope.
Banco de Portugal counts 1,243 corporates and 5,613 households inside the first three-month storm-cluster moratorium — 95.1% of household stock is mortgage credit and 92.8% of corporate stock sits with SMEs, with the measure now extended to April 2027.
Crédito Agrícola Q1 2026 net profit fell 26.1% to €73.8 million as financial margin compressed 8.9% and Storm Kristin pushed CA Seguros into a €2 million loss. Mortgage book up 3.2%, deposits cross €24 billion.
Minister Castro Almeida says AICEP has 85 foreign-investment projects worth roughly €22 billion in its pipeline — gross notional, not contracted value. 2025 contracted IDE hit a post-Autoeuropa record of €3.58 billion.
The European statistical office Eurostat released its 2025 NEET reading on Wednesday 21 May 2026, placing Portugal at 8% for the 15-29 age cohort — three percentage points below the EU average of 11% and the sixth-lowest reading in the bloc. The...
BdP's 2025 Relatório dos Sistemas de Pagamentos sets up a National Payment-Resilience Plan with energy, telecoms and retail after the 28 April 2025 apagão. Day-of-blackout tape: -36% POS volume and value, restaurants -60%/-80%, ATM withdrawals -34% in volume and -24% in value.
Nova SBE's Portugal, Balanço Social 2025 places Açores at 17.3% poverty risk and 17.4% material deprivation — the highest deprivation reading and the sharpest 33.8 Gini in the country. Reframes Wednesday's national 15.4% figure as a continental average masking the regional gap.
