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.
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The Portuguese household grocery bill is now €486 a year heavier than it was in 2019, according to the Worldpanel by Numerator panel of 4,000 Continental Portugal households commissioned by Centromarca, the country's branded-goods association. The...
The five largest banks operating in Portugal — Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Banco Comercial Português, Novobanco, Santander Totta and BPI — closed the first quarter of 2026 with €1.279 billion in combined net profit, a 4.9% year-on-year increase...
INE's €8.7B Q1 trade deficit, Bosch Portugal -2.6%, Navigator's 64% profit drop and a 7.8% insolvency uptick are not four separate stories — they are one industrial file with a shared storm-and-energy bill at the bottom of it.
The latest Portugal news, analysis, and what it means for expats and residents.
Portugal's Instituto Nacional de Estatística released the foreign-trade statistics for March 2026 on Friday 8 May, and the cumulative first-quarter picture is the most important data point in the file. The merchandise-trade deficit through the three...
Economia and Ambiente jointly opened three new Programa Sustentável 2030 avisos on Saturday — €40M for wastewater, €30M for public-water capture, €60M from the Fundo de Coesão for urban-waste valorisation, all at an 85% cofinancing ceiling.
