The Portuguese State coffers started the year on positive ground. The Public Administration registered a budgetary surplus of 178,5M€ in the first quarter of the year, 0.4% of GDP, according to INE.

Impossible to deny is the fact that automation will certainly change the future of labour. What will be its real impact? The Portuguese Confederation of Enterprises (CIP) gives us a clue.

While at a slower pace, housing prices kept increasing during the first quarter of 2019. According to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), housing prices index (IPHab) increased by 9.2%.

The lack of mechanisms to fight corruption in Portugal is not something new, but the Members of Parliament, the Judges and the Attorneys have not been helpful in implementing anti-corruption policies.

In order to complete the project of the future Farfetch campus in Matosinhos, six national and international architecture offices have been selected by the company.

Investments in the construction sector registered the highest increase of the last 22 years in the first three months of 2019.

Importing talent from abroad is becoming the number one option for Portuguese companies looking to compensate for the lack of workforce. However, this option does not come unchallenged.

Finerge, the 2nd major producer of renewable energy, has already made an investment superior to 1Bn€ in Portugal. The company will now shift its traditional focus from wind energy to solar energy.

In a recent court decision, the Constitutional Court has deliberated that construction sites, held by real estate holdings, will also pay AIMI, regardless of their purpose.

The Minister of the Environment and Energetic Transition guaranteed again this Tuesday that EDP will not be reimbursed for its investments in the Fridão Damn project suspended in 2016.

Benfica SAD scoring points in Lisbon Stock Exchange. This Tuesday, it has registered gains of 5%, cheered up by the possibility of João Félix's transfer to Atletico de Madrid for 120M€.

When discussing the nature of our exports and imports, one of the ideas that immediately comes to mind is that Portugal exports some of its best human resources.

João Galamba de Oliveira, President of APS, stressed the need to create an 8Bn€ Seismic Fund. The government is yet to respond.

Facebook's new cryptocurrency will have a little Portuguese touch: Farfetch. José Neves, the company's CEO and Founder, has confirmed to ECO.

Easter attracted more tourists to Portugal. The number of guests reached 2M, the equivalent to a 9% rise relative to the same period of last year, INE revealed.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation signed off the sale agreement of Partex to PTT Exportation and Production (PTTEP), a Thai state-owned oil company. The deal amounted to $622M.

Four months before leaving the Presidency of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi returns to Sintra this Monday for one more edition of the ECB Forum.

Entities operating within the real estate sector will have new rules of identification, control and communication of any property rental, sale or exchange transaction.

The Portuguese government is reviewing the energy auto-consumption and self-sufficiency legislation and is preparing to encourage the creation of "energy communities".

Public Treasury lost about 11.7Bn€ in fiscal revenue following decisions to attribute tax benefits and VAT exceptions below the normal 23%.

Never before had the Lisbon Stock Exchange such a modest number of listed companies. With SAG and Compta out, only 53 companies remain.

According to the Global Peace Index (GPI), Portugal is considered to be the 3rd safest in the world.

Portugal is at risk of violating all European budgetary rules in 2020, in case the country does not take immediate measures nor better its economic performance beyond what Brussels is expecting