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Portugal: Eleventh Review Under the Extended Arrangement, and Request for Extension of the Arrangement and Waivers of Applicability of End-March Performance Criteria

April 21, 2014

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Portugal: Eleventh Review Under the Extended Arrangement, and Request for Extension of the Arrangement and Waivers of Applicability of End-March Performance Criteria, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed December 22, 2024

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This Eleventh Review Under the Extended Arrangement and Request for Extension of the Arrangement focuses on Portugal’s macroeconomic framework and fiscal policy. Sovereign bond yields have declined sharply, buoyed by the improved economic outlook and increased investor appetite for higher yielding southern European debt. The recent upturn in domestic demand remains susceptible to changes in market sentiment and any renewed policy uncertainty. The operational performance of state-owned enterprises continues to improve, while the privatization program advances.

Subject: Banking, Consumption, Credit, Financial institutions, Labor, Labor markets, Loans, Money, National accounts, Wages

Keywords: Consumption, CR, Credit, Drug expenditure, EFF arrangement, Fiscal consolidation effort, Funding constraint, General government deficit, General government financing requirement, Global, Government, IMF quota, ISCR, Labor markets, Loans, Portugal's IMF quota, Southern Europe, Wages

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    87

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2014/102

  • Stock No:

    1PRTEA2014002

  • ISBN:

    9781475517385

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685