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Tiago Macena, a partner and winemaker at Código Wines in the Dão, is among seven new Masters of Wine announced on Thursday and the first based in Portugal. His research paper examined Encruzado, the Dão white grown almost nowhere else.
The IEFP counted 269,100 registered unemployed in July, down 8.1% on the year but up 1.7% on June: the first monthly rise since February. Manual and service workers left the register in numbers while managers and specialists were added to it.
Bank of Portugal data put household holdings of state savings certificates at €50.38 billion at the end of July, a first. Aforro certificates took in €767.7 million, their best month in three years; Treasury certificates fell for a 57th straight month despite a new product raising €297.7 million.
Portugal now has 134,797 registered Brazilian voters, up 66.6% since 2022, and Lisbon alone holds more than 78,000 of them: the largest Brazilian electorate anywhere outside Brazil. The consulate is fielding 103 voting machines across three university buildings.
An Informa D&B study counts about 17,000 foreign-parented companies in Portugal: 3% of the business base, but 46% of exports, 31% of turnover and 808,000 jobs. Spain leads on company count with 3,684; American owners pay the most, at €50,000 per employee.
INE's July reading puts the implicit rate on Portuguese housing credit at 3.135%, a second straight monthly rise, with interest taking 49.5% of the average €414 instalment. Loans signed in the last three months average €731 a month, 15.1% more than a year ago.
