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INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE reads the Construction Cost Index for new housing at +5.8% year-on-year in March 2026 — labour climbs 8.2%, materials 3.7%, and the headline wedge widens 1.0pp from February. The labour-cost trajectory is the structural read inside Portugal's housing-affordability calculus.
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Portugal's Week Ahead 11-17 May 2026 — Wednesday's IGCP €1.5 Billion OT Auction and Mota-Engil Q1, Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament, Fátima's 109th-Anniversary Pilgrimage, and the Bolsa's Final Q1 Earnings Wave

Portugal's Week Ahead 11-17 May 2026 — Wednesday's IGCP €1.5 Billion OT Auction and Mota-Engil Q1, Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament, Fátima's 109th-Anniversary Pilgrimage, and the Bolsa's Final Q1 Earnings Wave

Portugal's working week of 11-17 May 2026 packs the IGCP €1.5 billion OT auction and Mota-Engil Q1 on Wednesday, the Trabalho XXI anteprojeto walking into Parliament, the 109th-anniversary Fátima 12-13 May pilgrimage, and the United Newark-Faro restart on Friday.
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Mota-Engil Q1 2026 Earnings Land Wednesday 13 May — Preview Reads the €113.5 Million Linha do Minho Win Into the Hopper, the €5+ Billion Africa Backlog and the Latin-America FX Cushion as the Q1 2025 €40 Million Net-Profit Base Sets the Tape

Mota-Engil Q1 2026 Earnings Land Wednesday 13 May — Preview Reads the €113.5 Million Linha do Minho Win Into the Hopper, the €5+ Billion Africa Backlog and the Latin-America FX Cushion as the Q1 2025 €40 Million Net-Profit Base Sets the Tape

Mota-Engil reports Q1 2026 after market close Wednesday 13 May. The 8 May €113.5M Linha do Minho win lands in Q2 backlog; the Q1 print frames the 2025 €40M base, the €15-16B order book, the Africa EBITDA-margin trajectory and the Mozambique LNG mobilisation read.
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Lisbon rooftops with the 25 de Abril bridge across the Tagus in the distance

Caixa Geral de Depósitos Q1 2026 Net Profit Edges 1% to €397 Million — Paulo Macedo Books a €1.25 Billion Dividend, the Largest in Portuguese Banking History, and Sets 3 June as the Binding-Bid Deadline for the Brazilian Subsidiary

CGD Q1 2026 net profit was €397 million (+1%). The headline event is the €1.25 billion dividend to the Treasury — the largest from any Portuguese bank in history. Macedo set 3 June as the binding-bid deadline for the Brazilian subsidiary (Nubank, Garantia, MD Capital, Sputnik in the room).
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