Fitch will consider a rating upgrade to Portugal after October’s general election

The European Central Bank fears that new Centeno's plan will compromise Bank of Portugal's political independence. Minister has denied such intentions and will move forward with his plans.

Portuguese Government bonds fell to a historical minimum yesterday.

"Affordable Housing" kicks off on the 1st July and will make renting 20% cheaper than the reference price.

These are the top warning and conclusions that you should follow closely on Portugal over this and the next year.

A dedicated telephone line set up by Portugal’s consular services in the UK to help Portuguese nationals living in that country has started functioning. It received 192 calls on the first day.

EDP has maintained its top position holding 81% of the clientele in the free electricity market, but in January its market share dropped again, a trend that started being observed in January 2018.

The Portuguese minister of defence, João Gomes Cravinho, said in a written statement to Lusa news agency, that NATO is still the anchor for collective security 70 years after its foundation.

The minister for planning announced this Wednesday that €26bn of the EU funds were already given by the Commission, while €9bn (34%) have already been used in the projects chosen.

In their update of the Stability Programme, the government reviewed the country's economic performance, expecting less economic growth and a higher unemployment rate, at 6.6%, for 2019.

The government downwardly revised the GDP growth for 2019, from 2.2% to 1.9%. The new estimates from the Stability Programme show the deficit target will be met, at 0.2%.

The Angolan ministry of finance estimates the country's economy will grow by 0.4% this year, and by 3.2% in 2020 and 2021.

Investment in real estate in Lisbon hit a new record, reaching €5.92 billion in 2018, according to the Confidential Real Estate (Ci).

The Portuguese public debt reached €249.3 billion in February, having increased by €1.2 billion in comparison to the previous month of January, the BdP announced this Monday.

The public sector's deficit would be nill in 2018, if we exclude one-offs (the effect of temporary and non-recurring measures such as Novo Banco's capital injection).

The unemployment rate fell to 6.3% in February, the lowest rate since August 2002. The decrease, however, was motivated by a drop in the working population. The number of employed people went down.

Rents are increasing in Lisbon, rent prices went up by 27% in certain neighbourhoods. However, the place which showed the highest increase is not located in the country's capital.

Portugal’s former central bank governor Vítor Constâncio is to be questioned by MPs on Tuesday under the second parliamentary inquiry commission into the state-owned bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos.

The government collected €929m more in taxes in the first two months of this year than in 2018, according to the overview of the budgetary execution, published this Wednesday.

The consumer confidence indicator fell in March for the fifth consecutive month and the economic climate indicator went up slightly according to the National Statistics Institute.

The BdP on Thursday downgraded its projections for the country’s economic growth this year, saying that it sees GDP getting to 1.7% while maintaining projections for 2020 and 2021 (1.6%).

The Portuguese central bank (BdP) has downwardly revised the economic growth in the country, worried that the slowdown in the eurozone will make GDP grow by 1.6% or only 1%.

The tax burden went up to 35.4% of GDP in 2018, after reaching 34.4% of GDP in the previous year.