Portugal's tourist lodgings earned 4.6 percent more in August on 1.7 percent more nights, as room rates rose and occupancy fell for a 13th month. Greater Lisbon's revenue per room dropped 6.3 percent.
Manufacturing was 5 percent below its level of a year earlier and output fell 2 percent in a single month, INE's figures show. Intermediate goods were the only group still growing.
INE's National Health Survey finds 45.9 percent of people aged 65 and over have difficulty with shopping, cooking, housework or money, and 16.9 percent with personal care. Only 4.6 percent get weekly home support.
Energy prices were 15.4 percent higher than a year earlier, INE's flash estimate shows, while core inflation barely moved. Unemployment held at 5.7 percent in August.
Francisco Calheiros names the US, Canada, Brazil, Poland and Korea as the markets to court, warns of 200-euro fuel surcharges per passenger, and says a 2027 no better than 2026 would still be a great year.
House-price growth eased for the first time since 2024 in the first quarter, but prices still rose 17.8% year on year even as the number of homes sold fell 8.7%.
Portugal ended 2025 with a record 11,424,031 residents, 14% of them foreign nationals, according to provisional INE figures released on Monday. The country is at once older and more foreign-born than ever.
