Portugal: Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Applicability of End-March Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Portugal.

April 5, 2012

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Portugal: Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Applicability of End-March Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Portugal., (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2012) accessed October 7, 2024

Summary

This paper presents Portugal’s third review under the extended arrangement and request for waiver of applicability of end-March performance criteria. The government has initiated labor market reforms, privatizations, telecom sector liberalization, and improved competition framework. Competitiveness indicators are showing some signs of improvement with wages declining in some sectors and a sizable improvement in the current account deficit in 2011. Although the banking system continues to be heavily reliant on euro system funding, the required adjustment in banks’ balance sheets has started.

Subject: Banking, Credit, External debt, Financial institutions, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Government debt management, Loans, Money, Public debt

Keywords: Ambitious product market, Banco Português de Negócios, Capital plan, CR, Credit, Deficit, Europe, Fiscal stance, GDP, Global, Government, Government payables, ISCR, Loans, Payables, Privatization program, Staff appraisal

Publication Details

Pages:

129
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2012/077
Stock No:

1PRTEA2012001
ISBN:

9781475503067
ISSN:

1934-7685

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