Destaques Topo

19 Feb
Relocation of the cash office of Banco de Portugal in Lisbon to Edifício Portugal, Avenida Almirante Reis, n.º 71 (Anjos underground station)

20 Oct
Credit registers, Protested Bills and Cheques - Information desk in Parque das Nações from 26 October 2009 onwards

Highlights

22 Feb
Statistical Bulletin - February 2010
19 Feb
Monthly Economic Indicators - February 2010 (pdf) - 347 Kb
17 Feb
Indicative calendar for the release of publications in 2010
10 Feb
Working paper: Exports, imports and wages: Evidence from matched firm-worker-product panels (pdf) - 1,09 Mb
29 Jan
Bank Lending Survey - Results for Portugal - January 2010

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Publications

22 Feb
Statistical Bulletin - February 2010
19 Feb
Monthly Economic Indicators - February 2010 (pdf) - 347 Kb
10 Feb
Working paper: Exports, imports and wages: Evidence from matched firm-worker-product panels (pdf) - 1,09 Mb

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Interest rates

Interest rates - 15/03/2010
Main refinancing operations (fixed rate)	1%
1-month EURIBOR	0.406%
3-month EURIBOR	0.646%
6-month EURIBOR	0.956%
12-month EURIBOR	1.219%
EONIA (12-Mar-10)	0.337%

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Exchange rates

Exchange rates - 12/03/2010
US DOLLAR	USD	1.3765
JAPANESE YEN	JPY	124.57
POUND STERLING	GBP	0.9083
SWISS FRANC	CHF	1.4597
BRAZILIAN REAL	BRL	2.4259

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Economic indicators

Summary of the main economic indicators
Indicator		2008	2009	2009 Q1	2009 Q2	2009 Q3	2009 Q4
Real GDP (y.r. %)	Portugal	0.0	-2.7	-3.8	-3.4	-2.5	-1.0
Real GDP (y.r. %)	Euro Area	0.6	-4.1	-5.1	-4.9	-4.1	-2.1
Unemployment rate (%)	Portugal	7.6	9.5	8.9	9.1	9.8	10.1
Unemployment rate (%)	Euro Area	7.6	9.4	8.8	9.3	9.6	9.9
Current and capital accounts (as a % of GDP)	Portugal	-10.5	-9.4	-9.7	-8.9	-6.3	-12.5
Current and capital accounts (as a % of GDP)	Euro Area	-1.4	-0.6	-1.7	-0.9	-0.1	0.3

Indicator		2008	2009	Nov 2009	Dec 2009	Jan 2010	Fev 2010
Harmonised index of consumer prices (y.r. %)	Portugal	2.7	-0.9	-0.8	-0.1	0.1	0.2
Harmonised index of consumer prices (y.r. %)	Euro Area	3.3	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.0	n.
Loans to households, including NPISH, and non-financial corporations (a.r. %)	Portugal	7.1	2.1	2.5	2.1	2.4	n.
	Euro Area	5.4	-0.5	-0.7	-0.5	-0.4	n.
Interest rates on bank loans - households for house purchases, new business (%)	Portugal	4.94	2.25	2.26	2.25	2.17	n.
	Euro Area	5.10	3.59	3.59	3.59	3.57	n.

Updated: 11-03-2010

Economic forecasts

Summary of the main forecasts
		Projection date	2009 (e)	2010 (p)	2011 (p)
GDP (y.r. %)	Portugal	12-01-2010	-2.7	0.7	1.4
GDP (y.r. %)	Euro Area	04-03-2010	-4.0	[0.4;1.2]	[0.5;2.5]
Harmonised index of consumer prices (y.r. %)	Portugal	12-01-2010	-0.9	0.7	1.6
Harmonised index of consumer prices (y.r. %)	Euro Area	04-03-2010	0.3	[0.8;1.6]	[0.9;2.1]

(e) - estimated; (p) - projected
For further information see Banco de Portugal Economic Bulletin - Winter 2009 and the ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area - March 2010

Updated: 09-03-2010