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Economy

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.

Banco de Portugal Sets Up a National Payment-Resilience Plan With Energy, Telecoms and Retail After the 28 April 2025 Apagão — Relatório dos Sistemas de Pagamentos 2025 Books a 36% Terminal Drop and 80% Restaurant Value Shock on the Day

Banco de Portugal Sets Up a National Payment-Resilience Plan With Energy, Telecoms and Retail After the 28 April 2025 Apagão — Relatório dos Sistemas de Pagamentos 2025 Books a 36% Terminal Drop and 80% Restaurant Value Shock on the Day

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.
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Nova SBE's Balanço Social 2025 Places Açores Second on the National Poverty Map at 17.3% — 33.8 Gini, 17.4% Material Deprivation and the Sharpest Reliance on Social Transfers Frame the Regional Gap

Nova SBE's Balanço Social 2025 Places Açores Second on the National Poverty Map at 17.3% — 33.8 Gini, 17.4% Material Deprivation and the Sharpest Reliance on Social Transfers Frame the Regional Gap

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.
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