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.
Portugal's Competition Authority says renewing all of MEO, NOS and Vodafone's mobile spectrum would limit Digi's expansion, and wants three bands offered competitively. What ANACOM proposed, and how to switch operator.
Bacalhau, the Santos Basin oil field in which Galp holds 20 percent, produced 25 million barrels in its first year. Equinor expects the full 220,000 barrels a day within 2026, and Galp reports third-quarter results on 26 October.
The Government and social partners agreed on 21 October to negotiate pushing back the 31 December deadline for employers to recover money left in the FCT. Six months is on the table. Here is how to check your balance and what the money can be used for.
The Government has awarded Vasp both lots of its three-year press distribution tender for about 2.29 million euros, well below the 3.5 million a year first estimated. Every mainland municipality must keep at least one point of sale.
Social Security processed lay-off payments for 3,756 workers at 173 employers in September, 12.1 percent fewer than a year earlier. Here is what the Labour Code guarantees you while on lay-off: at least two thirds of your gross pay, and protection from dismissal.
Prices charged by Portugal's industrial producers rose 9.2 percent on a year earlier in September, INE says, with energy up 33.6 percent and behind more than half the rise. Excluding energy, the increase was 4.4 percent. What it means for shop prices.
New Bank of Portugal accounts show rising home values drove household net wealth up by 480 billion euros between 2010 and 2025. The top 10 percent held 58.9 percent of it in 2025, and the poorer half 5.9 percent.
