Economic and Financial Data for Portugal

Date of last update:
 

May 22, 2012
Updated whenever new data are released, accordingly with the advance release calendar.

 

The statistics presented in this page are produced by Banco de Portugal (BP), Statistics Portugal (INE), Budget General Directorate (DGO), Directorate General for the Treasury and Finance (DGTF), NYSE Euronext  and Portuguese Treasury and Government Debt Agency (IGCP).

The data shown in this page correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). For a fuller explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which Portugal has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.

 

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Unless otherwise indicated, data are not seasonally adjusted. Unless otherwise indicated, the data are final when released. According to national convention units of thousands are not indicated with commas.

 

 

 

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   REAL SECTOR

National Accounts  

Seasonally adjusted
 Preliminary data
      INE: Statistical data / E-mail contact: Mr. Carlos Coimbra
GDP Current Prices 106 Euros Q4/11 42 226.40 42 855.80  

        Private final consumption

106 Euros Q4/11 27 898.80 28 543.50  

        Collective consumption

106 Euros Q4/11 8 420.10 8 526.30  

        Gross fixed capital formation

106 Euros Q4/11 6 410.90 7 392.40  

        Exports

106 Euros Q4/11 15 356.00 15 721.90  

        Imports

106 Euros Q4/11 15 859.40 17 328.30  
GDP Chain-linked volume series (2006=100) 106 Euros Q4/11 39 337.30 39 842.50  

        Private final consumption

106 Euros Q4/11 25 420.80 26 234.00  

        Collective consumption

106 Euros Q4/11 8 370.20 8 418.80  

        Gross fixed capital formation

106 Euros Q4/11 5 902.00 6 847.30  

        Exports

106 Euros Q4/11 14 048.40 14 302.30  

        Imports

106 Euros Q4/11 14 465.90 16 020.90  

Industrial Production Index

Preliminary data for the latest observation       INE: Statistical data / E-mail contact: Mr. Carlos Coimbra
Total index (2005=100) Calendar adjusted Mar/12 91.2 83.7  

        Mining and quarrying

(2005=100) Calendar adjusted Mar/12 96.7 67.4  

        Manufacturing

(2005=100) Calendar adjusted Mar/12 94.0 85.7  
        Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (2005=100) Calendar adjusted Mar/12 74.4 75.3  
        Water supply; sewerage, waste management and

        remediation activities

(2005=100) Calendar adjusted Mar/12 111.90 107.7  

Employment and Unemployment

        INE: Statistical data

E-mail contact: Mrs. Sónia Torres

        Employment

103 Q1/12 4 662.5 4 735.4  

        Unemployment

103 Q1/12 819.3 771.0  

Wages/Earnings

Preliminary data       INE: Statistical data

E-mail contact: Mrs. Sónia Torres

        Labor cost index

(2008=100) Calendar adjusted Q1/12 90.7 117.4  

Consumer Price Index

        INE: Statistical data

E-mail contact: Ms. Cristina Fernandes

        Monthly index

(2008=100) Apr/12 107.618 107.315  

Producer Price index

Preliminary data for the latest observation       INE: Statistical data/ E-mail contact: Mr. Carlos Coimbra
Total index (2005=100) Apr/12 124.00 123.30  

        Mining and quarrying

(2005=100) Apr/12 101.50 101.50  

        Manufacturing

(2005=100) Apr/12 119.10 118.60  

        Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

(2005=100) Apr/12 150.20 148.30  
        Water supply; sewerage, waste management and

        remediation activities

(2005=100) Apr/12 153.80 153.60  
Industry breakdown          

        Consumption goods

(2005=100) Apr/12 108.90 108.70  

        Durable consumption goods

(2005=100) Apr/12 108.60 108.80  

         Non durable consumption goods

(2005=100) Apr/12 108.90 108.70  

        Intermediate goods

(2005=100) Apr/12 113.90 113.40  

        Investment

(2005=100) Apr/12 108.70 108.70  

        Energy

(2005=100) Apr/12 160.00 158.10  
           

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   FISCAL SECTOR

General Government Operations

Preliminary data       DGO: SDDS page / E-mail contact: Mr. Fernando Roxo
        Taxes on production and imports 106 Euros  2011 23 327.2 23 154.4  
        Current taxes on income and wealth, etc 106 Euros 2011 16 887.3 15 189.0  
        Social contributions 106 Euros 2011 21 057.8 21 130.4  
              Of which:  actual social contributions 106Euros 2011 16 100.3 15 579.0  
        Sales 106 Euros 2011 4 271.1 4 124.6  
        Other current revenue 106 Euros 2011 3 308.7 3 254.9  
Total current revenue 106 Euros 2011 68 852.1 66 853.2  
        Intermediate consumption 106 Euros 2011 7 861.9 8 744.6  
        Compensation of employees 106 Euros 2011 19 370.4 21 093.3  
        Social benefits 106 Euros 2011 37 844.4 37 829.8  
        Interest 106 Euros 2011 6 622.0 4 935.9  
        Subsidies 106 Euros 2011 1 182.7 1 193.3  
        Other current expenditure 106 Euros 2011 4 350.5 4 906.6  
Total current expenditure 106 Euros 2011 77 231.8 78 703.6  
Gross Saving 106 Euros 2011 -8 379.7 -11 850.4  
        Capital transfers received 106 Euros  2011 7 517.0 4 653.1  
Total revenue 106 Euros  2011 76 369.1 71 506.3  
        Gross fixed capital formation 106 Euros 2011 4 428.4 6 225.2  
        Other capital expenditure 106 Euros 2011 1 971.4 3 527.6  
Total expenditure 106 Euros 2011 83 631.6 88 456.4  
Net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) 106 Euros 2011 -7 262.5 -16 950.1  
Memo :
        Tax burden
106 Euros 2011 56 315.7 54 007.3  
        Final consumption expenditure 106 Euros 2011 34 360.3 37 292.2  

General Government Financial Accounts

Preliminary data for the latest observation       BP: Public finance statistics (Time series analysis)

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino

Net borrowing (-) / Net lending (+) 106 Euros 2011 -7 245.9 -16 996.1  
Net incurrence of liabilities 106 Euros 2011 22 092.3 21 872.2  
        Currency and deposits 106 Euros 2011 -3 110.1 -835.1  
        Securities other than shares 106 Euros 2011 -10 890.2 17 787.4  
        Securities other than shares, excluding financial

        derivatives

106 Euros 2011 -11 179.9 17 764.9  
                Short-term 106 Euros 2011 -9 638.0 176.7  
                Long-term 106 Euros 2011 -1 541.9 17 588.1  
        Financial derivatives 106 Euros 2011 289.7 22.5  
        Loans 106 Euros 2011 35 491.8 3 574.6  
                Short-term 106 Euros 2011 -510.3 1 000.1  
                Long-term 106 Euros 2011 36 002.1 2 574.5  
        Other accounts payable 106 Euros 2011 600.8 1 345.3  
Net acquisition of financial assets 106 Euros 2011 14 846.4 4 876.0  
        Currency and deposits 106 Euros 2011 10 247.3 712.7  
        Securities other than shares 106 Euros 2011 145.9 -509.8  
        Securities other than shares, excluding financial

        derivatives

106 Euros 2011 362.4 -81.7  
                 Short-term 106 Euros 2011 -17.0 7.9  
                 Long-term 106 Euros 2011 379.4 -89.6  
        Financial derivatives 106 Euros 2011 -216.5 -428.1  
        Loans 106 Euros 2011 876.2 1 282.9  
                Short-term 106 Euros 2011 27.0 216.3  
                Long-term 106 Euros 2011 849.2 1 066.6  
        Shares and other equity 106 Euros 2011 -321.2 1 591.7  
        Insurance technical reserves 106 Euros 2011 0.4 -1.6  
        Other accounts receivable 106 Euros 2011 3 897.8 1 800.2  

Central Government Operations

Preliminary data for the latest observation       DGO: SDDS page / E-mail contact: Mr. Fernando Roxo

        Revenue

106 Euros Mar/12 11 229.8 7 757.3  

        Expenditure

106 Euros Mar/12 11 990.6 7 720.9  
                of which: Interest payments 106 Euros Mar/12 743.4 422.1  

        Balance, deficit/surplus

106 Euros Mar/12 -760.9 36.4  

Central Government Financing

106 Euros Mar/12 2 042.9 1 356.0 BP: Public finance statistics (Time series analysis)

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino

Net change of liabilities 106 Euros Mar/12 4 531.1 5 602.5  
        Securities issued (net of repayments) 106 Euros Mar/12 -353.7 362.6  

                Denominated in Euro area currencies

106 Euros Mar/12 -134.2 578.3  

                        Short-term

106 Euros Mar/12 796.8 1 453.1  

                        Long-term

106 Euros Mar/12 -931.0 -874.7  

                Denominated in non-Euro area currencies

106 Euros Mar/12 -219.5 -215.8  

                        Short-term

106 Euros Mar/12 -26.6 -22.9  

                        Long-term

106 Euros Mar/12 -192.8 -192.8  
        Domestic deposits (denominated in Euro area

        currencies)

106 Euros Mar/12 -1 081.2 -782.5  

              of which: Savings certificates

106 Euros Mar/12 -704.4 -475.9  
        Loans 106 Euros Mar/12 5 966.0 6 022.4  

                Denominated in Euro area currencies

106 Euros Mar/12 5 966.0 6 022.4  

                Denominated in non-Euro area currencies

106 Euros Mar/12 0.0 0.0  
Net change of assets 106 Euros Mar/12 2 488.2 4 246.6  
              of which: Domestic deposits 106 Euros Mar/12 2 704.7 4 462.1  
                             Treasury net foreign assets 106 Euros Mar/12 49.6 63.2  

Central Government Debt

Preliminary data for the latest observation

End-of-quarter outstanding stock 

DGO: SDDS page / E-mail contact: Mr. Fernando Roxo
Euro Debt 106 Euros Q4/11 169 603.1 165 630.3  

        Tradable

106 Euros Q4/11 112 620.8 115 829.4  

                of which: with original maturity less than 1 year

106 Euros Q4/11 11 185.9 14 161.8  

        Non-tradable

106 Euros Q4/11 56 982.3 49 801.0  

                of which: with original maturity less than 1 year

106 Euros Q4/11 1 493.8 1 477.6  
Non-Euro Debt 106 Euros Q4/11 1 916.2 2 055.7  

        Tradable

106 Euros Q4/11 1 911.1 2 050.1  

                of which: with original maturity less than 1 year

106 Euros Q4/11 84.2 118.1  

        Non-tradable

106 Euros Q4/11 5.1 5.5  

                of which: with original maturity less than 1 year

106 Euros Q4/11 0.9 0.9  
Total Debt 106 Euros Q4/11 171 519.3 167 686.0  

Guaranteed public debt granted by the State

106 Euros Q4/11 32 781.8 30 314.8 DGTF: SDDS / E-mail contact: Ms. Graça Montalvão

        Euro debt

106 Euros Q4/11 32 776.5 30 309.3

        Non euro debt

106 Euros Q4/11 5.3 5.5

Guaranteed public debt granted by Public Funds, Autonomous Public Services and Public Institutes

106 Euros Q4/11 0.6 0.6

        Euro debt

106 Euros Q4/11 0.6 0.6
           

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   FINANCIAL SECTOR

Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector (1)

Preliminary data for the latest observation       BP: Monetary and financial statistics (Multidimensional analysis)

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino

Monetary aggregates (M3), excluding currency in circulation 106 Euros  Mar/12 152 224 153 456  
Domestic credit 106 Euros Mar/12 415 030 419 642  
        Credit to the General Government in the euro area 106 Euros Mar/12 63 008 60 564  
        Credit to other resident sectors in the euro area 106 Euros Mar/12 352 022 359 079  
Net external assets 106 Euros Mar/12 -5 330 -9 044  

Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank

Preliminary data for the latest observation       BP: Monetary and financial statistics (Multidimensional analysis)

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino

Reserve money (2) 106 Euros  Apr/12 22 208 22 005  
Domestic credit (3) 106 Euros Apr/12 17 644 18 616  
        Credit to the General Government in the euro area 106 Euros Apr/12 17 409 18 381  
        Credit to other resident sectors in the euro area 106 Euros Apr/12 234 235  
Gross external assets (4) 106 Euros Apr/12 18 113 17 973  
Gross external liabilities (4) 106 Euros Apr/12 947 936  

Interest Rates

Monthly average        
Yield on 10 years Treasury bonds % Apr/12 12.01 13.01 BP: Monetary and financial statistics (Time series analysis)

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino

Banking operations with costumers          
    Loans         BP: Monetary and financial statistics (Multidimensional analysis)

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino  

           Non-financial corporations (6) % Mar/12 7.35 7.54  
           Households and NPISH - housing credit (7) % Mar/12 4.15 4.38  
           Households and NPISH - consumer credit (8) % Mar/12 8.03 8.36  
    Deposits         BP: Monetary and financial statistics (Multidimensional analysis)

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino   

           Non-financial corporations (9) % Mar/12 2.98 2.90  
           Households and NPISH (10) % Mar/12 3.60 3.52  
Financial soundness indicators Financial soundness indicators for Portugal Metadata Report for Portugal

Stock Market

(5)       NYSE Euronext : Lisbon market indexes

E-mail contact : Mr. Paulo Kol

Share price index -PSI General (01/05/88=1000 (end-of-month data)) Apr/12 2 099.32 2 188.88 BP: Monetary and financial statistics (Time series analysis)

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino

           

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   EXTERNAL SECTOR

Balance of Payments

Preliminary data       BP: BoP statistics (Multidimensional analysis)

E-mail contact : Mr. José Faustino

Current Account Balance 103 Euros Mar/12 -357 438 -99 355  

        Imports of goods and services

103 Euros Mar/12 5 632 101 5 070 825  

        Exports of goods and services

103 Euros Mar/12 5 478 792 5 010 228  

        Net income receipts

103 Euros Mar/12 -391 196 -535 237  

        Net receipts from current transfers

103 Euros Mar/12 187 067 496 480  
Capital Account Balance 103 Euros Mar/12 324 193 -2 270  
Financial Account Balance (includes reserves) 103 Euros Mar/12 -298 359 -375 660  

        Direct investment

103 Euros Mar/12 -1 029 194 492 882  

        Portfolio investment

103 Euros Mar/12 -3 988 049 -3 238 970  

        Financial derivatives

103 Euros Mar/12 16 115 103 734  

        Other investment

103 Euros Mar/12 4 724 708 2 293 004  

        Reserve assets

103 Euros Mar/12 -21 938 -26 310  
Errors and omissions 103Euros Mar/12 331 603 477 285  

International reserves and foreign currency liquidity

Preliminary data End-of-month outstanding stock BP: Reserve Assets (Multidimensional analysis)

E-mail contact : Mr. José Faustino

Official Reserves (11) 106 Euros Apr/12 17 065 16 827  
        Foreign currency reserves 106 Euros Apr/12 345 300  
        IMF reserves position 106 Euros Apr/12 319 315  
        SDRs 106 Euros Apr/12 930 920  
        Gold 106 Euros Apr/12 15 472 15 291  
        Other reserve assets 106 Euros Apr/12 0 0  
International reserves and foreign currency liquidity 106 Euros Apr/12     Template

Merchandise Trade

Preliminary data       INE: Statistical data

E-mail contact: Ms. Margarida Madaleno

Imports of goods  106 Euros Mar/12 4 934.3 4 552.8  
        Intra-EU 106 Euros Mar/12 3 544.7 3 314.9  
                EMU countries 106 Euros Mar/12 3 223.9 3 016.4  
                Other countries 106 Euros Mar/12 320.8 298.5  
        Extra-EU 106 Euros Mar/12 1 389.6 1 237.9  
                USA 106 Euros Mar/12 100.4 64.6  
                Japan 106 Euros Mar/12 26.6 34.4  
                Other countries 106 Euros Mar/12 1 262.6 1 138.9  
Exports of goods 106 Euros Mar/12 4 092.3 3 760.9  
        Intra-EU 106 Euros Mar/12 2 974.0 2 708.2  
                EMU countries 106 Euros Mar/12 2 504.3 2 334.8  
                Other countries 106 Euros Mar/12 469.7 373.4  
        Extra-EU 106 Euros Mar/12 1 118.3 1 052.7  
                USA 106 Euros Mar/12 121.7 199.9  
                Japan 106 Euros Mar/12 17.9 19.1  
                Other countries 106 Euros Mar/12 978.7 833.8  

International Investment Position

Preliminary data End-of-quarter outstanding stock  BP: IIP statistics (Multidimensional analysis)

E-mail contact : Mr. José Faustino

        Direct investment

106 Euros Q1/12 -31 030 -31 674  

                Assets

106 Euros Q1/12 50 983 52 594  

                Liabilities

106 Euros Q1/12 82 013 84 268  

        Portfolio investment

106 Euros Q1/12 -21 040 -29 614  
                Assets 106 Euros Q1/12 116 496 115 630  
                Liabilities 106 Euros Q1/12 137 536 145 244  

        Financial derivatives  (12)

106 Euros Q1/12 -2 739 -1 838  

        Other investment

106 Euros Q1/12 -141 945 -130 687  
                Assets 106 Euros Q1/12 111 098 108 606  
                Liabilities 106 Euros Q1/12 253 043 239 293  

        Reserve assets

106 Euros Q1/12 16 827 16 490  
   Total Assets  (12) 106 Euros Q1/12 292 665 291 482  
   Total Liabilities  (12) 106 Euros Q1/12 472 591 468 806  
Net International Investment Position 106 Euros Q1/12 -179 926 -177 323  

Gross External  Debt Position (13)

106 Euros Q1/12 379 356 371 489

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Exchange Rates

(5)       BP: Exchange rates statistics (Time series analysis)

E-mail contact : Mr. José Faustino

Reference exchange rates X foreign currency units per 1 Euro       Daily exchange rates

Population  (14)

10 2010  10 637.0   10 637.7  INE: Statistical data / E-mail contact: Ms. Claudia Pina

 

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Footnotes:

(1) Contributions of the MFIs resident in Portugal to the euro area's monetary aggregates and M3 counterparts.
(2) From January 2002 onwards, with the introduction of the euro, notes and coins in circulation included in this item refer to:
• Euro-denominated coins put into circulation by Banco de Portugal , whose annual volume of issue must be previously approved by the European Central Bank (ECB).
• Legal liability in respect of the issue of euro-denominated banknotes is determined according to the banknotes allocation key mentioned in the Decision of the European Central Bank of 22 April 2004 on the issue of euro    banknotes(ECB/2004/9). Accordingly, the Banco de Portugal is assigned, on a monthly basis, a share of 2.2715% in the total value of banknotes in circulation, in line with the key for subscription of the ECB’s capital.
(3) Vis-à-vis residents in the euro area.
(4) Vis-à-vis residents outside the euro area.
(5) Released daily.
(6) Loans (new business) to non-financial corporations up to and including € 1 million, with initial rate fixation up to 1 year.
(7) Loans (new business) to households and non-profit institutions serving households for house purchases, floating rate and up to 1 year initial rate fixation.
(8) Loans (new business) to households and non-profit institutions serving households for consumption, floating rate and up to 1 year initial rate fixation.
(9) Deposits (new business) from non-financial corporations, up to 1 year (agreed) maturity.
(10) Deposits (new business) from households and non-profit institutions serving households, up to 1 year (agreed) maturity.
(11) In accordance with the new methodology of the IMF published in the document 'Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Liquidity Operational Guidelines', October 2001. It differs from the information published in the site: in the site financial derivatives are included on the item "Foreign currency reserves" instead of on "Other reserve assets".  
(12) Financial derivatives in net figures.
(13) The data on gross external debt covers only part of the external financial relations of Portugal. Indeed, gross external debt statistics do not include (a) financial liabilities arising from participation rights (i.e., shares and investment funds units related with portfolio investment; and equity capital, reinvested earnings and real estate investment regarding direct investment) and (b) any financial claims on non-residents. The International Investment Position and related stock statistics, which the Banco de Portugal publishes regularly, provides a comprehensive overview of Portugal’s financial relations with non-residents, including the aforementioned items (all external assets and the remaining external liabilities). 
(14) Preliminary data until a new census is done.

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