Economy

The escalating conflict in the Middle East is reigniting concerns among the CEOs of Portugal’s leading companies as they watch the effects of the crisis unfold on stock markets, the energy [...]

Finances Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento at AmCham Portugal Portugal has performed remarkably well in balancing its books, slashing the national debt, reducing taxes, and attracting big ticket, [...]

Portuguese economy debt fell in 2025 to 277.9% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the lowest value since records began, driven by the country’s strong economic performance, according to the [...]

Portugal’s exports and not consumer spending was what most drove the economy on the whole in 2025. According to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) released on Friday, the [...]

Portugal once again stood out among the eurozone’s top-performing economies in the last quarter of 2025. Portugal saw its economy grow by 0.8% in 4Q – over double the eurozone’s average of [...]

Text: Chris Graeme; Photos: Chris Graeme/AmCham Portugal When diplomat Douglas Koneff, the Charge d’affaires at the US Embassy in Lisbon first started out on his diplomatic career he was given [...]

Portuguese companies believe that they will see exports rise 5.1% on average in 2026, expecting that the rate of overseas sales of goods will improve on 2025 despite international uncertainty and [...]

Portugal closed 2025 with a 4.4% drop in insolvencies compared to the previous year, from 2,361 to 2,256 cases, according to data from Allianz Trade, the world leader in Credit Insurance. The [...]

The trusted British economy current affairs magazine ‘The Economist’ voted Portugal as the economy of the year in 2025*, largely down to its financial discipline, prudent public spending, low [...]

The Business Confederation of Portugal/business school ISEG’s monthly barometer for December 2025 has confirmed Portugal’s end-of-year economic buoyancy and expects an uptick in the [...]