Economic and Financial Data for Portugal

Date of last update:
 

January 31, 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 Q3/11 42 982.30 42 874.00  

        Private final consumption

106 Euros Q3/11 28 517.00 28 494.30  

        Collective consumption

106 Euros Q3/11 8 699.00 8 883.10  

        Gross fixed capital formation

106 Euros Q3/11 7 355.00 7 570.70  

        Exports

106 Euros Q3/11 15 712.70 15 152.50  

        Imports

106 Euros Q3/11 17 301.40 17 226.60  
GDP Chain-linked volume series (2006=100) 106 Euros Q3/11 39 918.40 40 148.10  

        Private final consumption

106 Euros Q3/11 26 260.90 26 256.00  

        Collective consumption

106 Euros Q3/11 8 503.00 8 660.70  

        Gross fixed capital formation

106 Euros Q3/11 6 839.40 6 917.90  

        Exports

106 Euros Q3/11 14 267.10 13 887.10  

        Imports

106 Euros Q3/11 16 009.00 15 631.00  

Industrial Production Index

Preliminary data for the latest observation       INE: Statistical data / E-mail contact: Mr. Carlos Coimbra
Total index (2005=100) Calendar adjusted Dec/11 82.8 91.7  

        Mining and quarrying

(2005=100) Calendar adjusted Dec/11 86.8 99.6  

        Manufacturing

(2005=100) Calendar adjusted Dec/11 81.3 93.2  
        Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (2005=100) Calendar adjusted Dec/11 89.7 81.3  
        Water supply; sewerage, waste management and

        remediation activities

(2005=100) Calendar adjusted Dec/11 109.02 114.0  

Employment and Unemployment

        INE: Statistical data

E-mail contact: Mrs. Sónia Torres

        Employment

103 Q3/11 4 853.7 4 893.0  

        Unemployment

103 Q3/11 689.6 675.0  

Wages/Earnings

Preliminary data       INE: Statistical data

E-mail contact: Mrs. Sónia Torres

        Labor cost index

(2008=100) Calendar adjusted Q3/11 118.6 92.3  

Consumer Price Index

        INE: Statistical data

E-mail contact: Ms. Cristina Fernandes

        Monthly index

(2008=100) Dec/11 105.489 105.507  

Producer Price index

Preliminary data for the latest observation       INE: Statistical data/ E-mail contact: Mr. Carlos Coimbra
Total index (2005=100) Dec/11 119.58 119.75  

        Mining and quarrying

(2005=100) Dec/11 101.67 102.02  

        Manufacturing

(2005=100) Dec/11 116.35 116.55  

        Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

(2005=100) Dec/11 135.97 135.97  
        Water supply; sewerage, waste management and

        remediation activities

(2005=100) Dec/11 147.38 147.38  
Industry breakdown          

        Consumption goods

(2005=100) Dec/11 108.24 108.25  

        Durable consumption goods

(2005=100) Dec/11 110.76 110.89  

         Non durable consumption goods

(2005=100) Dec/11 107.96 107.96  

        Intermediate goods

(2005=100) Dec/11 113.00 113.11  

        Investment

(2005=100) Dec/11 108.46 108.42  

        Energy

(2005=100) Dec/11 145.26 145.79  
           

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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  2010 23 005.4 21 318.6  
        Current taxes on income and wealth, etc 106 Euros 2010 15 338.0 15 230.9  
        Social contributions 106 Euros 2010 21 166.3 21 090.5  
              Of which:  actual social contributions 106Euros 2010 15 579.0 15 243.3  
        Sales 106 Euros 2010 4 198.1 4 085.2  
        Other current revenue 106 Euros 2010 3 456.0 3 665.0  
Total current revenue 106 Euros 2010 67 163.8 65 390.1  
        Intermediate consumption 106 Euros 2010 8 666.8 8 322.4  
        Compensation of employees 106 Euros 2010 21 093.0 21 295.1  
        Social benefits 106 Euros 2010 37 884.5 36 975.3  
        Interest 106 Euros 2010 5 189.8 4 871.7  
        Subsidies 106 Euros 2010 1 193.3 1 341.9  
        Other current expenditure 106 Euros 2010 4 908.0 4 352.9  
Total current expenditure 106 Euros 2010 78 935.4 77 159.3  
Gross Saving 106 Euros 2010 -11 771.6 -11 769.2  
        Capital transfers received 106 Euros  2010 4 653.1 1 576.8  
Total revenue 106 Euros  2010 71 816.9 66 967.0  
        Gross fixed capital formation 106 Euros 2010 6 196.8 4 993.4  
        Other capital expenditure 106 Euros 2010 3 548.2 1 921.3  
Total expenditure 106 Euros 2010 88 680.4 84 074.1  
Net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) 106 Euros 2010 -16 863.5 -17 107.1  
Memo :
        Tax burden
106 Euros 2010 54 007.3 51 804.5  
        Final consumption expenditure 106 Euros 2010 37 050.9 36 796.9  

General Government Financial Accounts

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

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino

Net borrowing (-) / Net lending (+) 106 Euros 2010 -14 957.6 -16 971.8  
Net incurrence of liabilities 106 Euros 2010 19 973.0 18 031.2  
        Currency and deposits 106 Euros 2010 -920.4 -531.7  
        Securities other than shares 106 Euros 2010 17 763.8 16 235.3  
        Securities other than shares, excluding financial

        derivatives

106 Euros 2010 17 748.0 16 220.1  
                Short-term 106 Euros 2010 175.9 4 066.8  
                Long-term 106 Euros 2010 17 572.1 12 153.3  
        Financial derivatives 106 Euros 2010 15.8 15.2  
        Loans 106 Euros 2010 2 142.4 1 540.7  
                Short-term 106 Euros 2010 1 000.1 -471.9  
                Long-term 106 Euros 2010 1 142.3 2 012.6  
        Other accounts payable 106 Euros 2010 987.2 786.9  
Net acquisition of financial assets 106 Euros 2010 5 015.3 1 059.4  
        Currency and deposits 106 Euros 2010 711.2 -506.3  
        Securities other than shares 106 Euros 2010 -499.9 324.8  
        Securities other than shares, excluding financial

        derivatives

106 Euros 2010 -70.5 417.7  
                 Short-term 106 Euros 2010 7.9 -20.3  
                 Long-term 106 Euros 2010 -78.3 438.0  
        Financial derivatives 106 Euros 2010 -429.4 -92.9  
        Loans 106 Euros 2010 1 471.1 -191.8  
                Short-term 106 Euros 2010 465.2 -190.8  
                Long-term 106 Euros 2010 1 005.9 -1.0  
        Shares and other equity 106 Euros 2010 1 594.7 1 001.4  
        Insurance technical reserves 106 Euros 2010 -1.6 0.4  
        Other accounts receivable 106 Euros 2010 1 739.9 430.9  

Central Government Operations

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

        Revenue

106 Euros Nov/11 41 637.5 37 459.5  

        Expenditure

106 Euros Nov/11 50 498.2 45 047.1  
                of which: Interest payments 106 Euros Nov/11 5 999.9 5 760.0  

        Balance, deficit/surplus

106 Euros Nov/11 -8 860.7 -7 587.5  

Central Government Financing

106 Euros Dec/11 7 528.4 10 179.2 BP: Public finance statistics (time series)

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino

Net change of liabilities 106 Euros Dec/11 19 928.6 21 119.3  
        Securities issued (net of repayments) 106 Euros Dec/11 -10 046.2 -8 522.0  

                Denominated in Euro area currencies

106 Euros Dec/11 -9 761.1 -8 291.1  

                        Short-term

106 Euros Dec/11 -8 736.0 -7 266.0  

                        Long-term

106 Euros Dec/11 -1 025.1 -1 025.1  

                Denominated in non-Euro area currencies

106 Euros Dec/11 -285.1 -230.9  

                        Short-term

106 Euros Dec/11 -285.1 -230.9  

                        Long-term

106 Euros Dec/11 0.0 0.0  
        Domestic deposits (denominated in Euro area

        currencies)

106 Euros Dec/11 -3 530.1 -3 619.9  

              of which: Savings certificates

106 Euros Dec/11 -3 757.9 -3 484.5  
        Loans 106 Euros Dec/11 33 504.8 33 261.1  

                Denominated in Euro area currencies

106 Euros Dec/11 20 358.2 22 981.2  

                Denominated in non-Euro area currencies

106 Euros Dec/11 13 146.6 10 280.0  
Net change of assets 106 Euros Dec/11 12 400.2 10 940.0  
              of which: Domestic deposits 106 Euros Dec/11 10 047.2 8 626.5  
                             Treasury net foreign assets 106 Euros Dec/11 68.5 -24.4  

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 Q3/11 165 630.3 160 139.2  

        Tradable

106 Euros Q3/11 115 829.4 120 783.5  

                of which: with original maturity less than 1 year

106 Euros Q3/11 14 161.8 18 820.7  

        Non-tradable

106 Euros Q3/11 49 801.0 39 355.7  

                of which: with original maturity less than 1 year

106 Euros Q3/11 1 477.6 1 442.1  
Non-Euro Debt 106 Euros Q3/11 2 055.7 1 918.3  

        Tradable

106 Euros Q3/11 2 050.1 1 912.8  

                of which: with original maturity less than 1 year

106 Euros Q3/11 118.1 106.9  

        Non-tradable

106 Euros Q3/11 5.5 5.5  

                of which: with original maturity less than 1 year

106 Euros Q3/11 0.9 0.9  
Total Debt 106 Euros Q3/11 167 686.0 162 057.5  

Guaranteed public debt granted by the State

106 Euros Q3/11 30 314.8 25 270.1 DGTF: SDDS (only PT) / E-mail contact: Ms. Graça Montalvão

        Euro debt

106 Euros Q3/11 30 309.3 25 263.4

        Non euro debt

106 Euros Q3/11 5.5 6.7

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

106 Euros Q3/11 0.6 0.6

        Euro debt

106 Euros Q3/11 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  Dec/11 158 419 160 357  
Domestic credit 106 Euros Dec/11 414 239 423 220  
        Credit to the General Government in the euro area 106 Euros Dec/11 54 991 58 009  
        Credit to other resident sectors in the euro area 106 Euros Dec/11 359 248 365 211  
Net external assets 106 Euros Dec/11 -10 605 -15 887  

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  Dec/11 24 287 24 227  
Domestic credit (3) 106 Euros Dec/11 19 561 19 083  
        Credit to the General Government in the euro area 106 Euros Dec/11 19 342 18 866  
        Credit to other resident sectors in the euro area 106 Euros Dec/11 219 217  
Gross external assets (4) 106 Euros Dec/11 17 262 18 857  
Gross external liabilities (4) 106 Euros Dec/11 957 933  

Interest Rates

Monthly average        
Yield on 10 years Treasury bonds % Dec/11 13.08 11.89 BP: Monetary and financial statistics (time series)

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) % Nov/11 7.56 7.46  
           Households and NPISH - housing credit (7) % Nov/11 4.33 4.24  
           Households and NPISH - consumer credit (8) % Nov/11 8.10 8.16  
    Deposits         BP: Monetary and financial statistics (multidimensional analysis)

E-mail contact: Mr. José Faustino   

           Non-financial corporations (9) % Nov/11 3.27 4.49  
           Households and NPISH (10) % Nov/11 3.54 4.57  

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)) Dec/11 2 167.44 2 170.98 BP: Monetary and financial statistics (time series)

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 Nov/11 -779 962 -375 029  

        Imports of goods and services

103 Euros Nov/11 5 503 505 5 465 514  

        Exports of goods and services

103 Euros Nov/11 5 268 530 5 435 567  

        Net income receipts

103 Euros Nov/11 -680 829 -584 946  

        Net receipts from current transfers

103 Euros Nov/11 135 842 239 864  
Capital Account Balance 103 Euros Nov/11 207 237 199 495  
Financial Account Balance (includes reserves) 103 Euros Nov/11 241 138 657 808  

        Direct investment

103 Euros Nov/11 -220 648 292 792  

        Portfolio investment

103 Euros Nov/11 -3 159 397 -1 099 644  

        Financial derivatives

103 Euros Nov/11 83 710 72 426  

        Other investment

103 Euros Nov/11 3 474 738 1 413 282  

        Reserve assets

103 Euros Nov/11 62 735 -21 048  
Errors and omissions 103Euros Nov/11 331 587 -482 273  

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 Dec/11 16 490 17 429  
        Foreign currency reserves 106 Euros Dec/11 263 581  
        IMF reserves position 106 Euros Dec/11 322 314  
        SDRs 106 Euros Dec/11 941 916  
        Gold 106 Euros Dec/11 14 964 15 617  
        Other reserve assets 106 Euros Dec/11 0 0  
International reserves and foreign currency liquidity 106 Euros Dec/11     Template

Merchandise Trade

Preliminary data       INE: Statistical data

E-mail contact: Ms. Margarida Madaleno

Imports of goods  106 Euros Nov/11 4 722.1 4 699.5  
        Intra-EU 106 Euros Nov/11 3 454.2 3 547.2  
                EMU countries 106 Euros Nov/11 3 137.6 3 199.8  
                Other countries 106 Euros Nov/11 316.6 347.4  
        Extra-EU 106 Euros Nov/11 1 267.9 1 152.3  
                USA 106 Euros Nov/11 67.2 48.7  
                Japan 106 Euros Nov/11 31.9 29.5  
                Other countries 106 Euros Nov/11 1 168.8 1 074.2  
Exports of goods 106 Euros Nov/11 3 837.4 3 784.2  
        Intra-EU 106 Euros Nov/11 2 766.2 2 781.2  
                EMU countries 106 Euros Nov/11 2 350.6 2 364.9  
                Other countries 106 Euros Nov/11 415.6 416.3  
        Extra-EU 106 Euros Nov/11 1 071.2 1 003.0  
                USA 106 Euros Nov/11 142.3 135.5  
                Japan 106 Euros Nov/11 23.5 16.3  
                Other countries 106 Euros Nov/11 905.4 851.2  

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 Q3/11 -31 104 -33 455  

                Assets

106 Euros Q3/11 52 835 52 298  

                Liabilities

106 Euros Q3/11 83 939 85 753  

        Portfolio investment

106 Euros Q3/11 -31 668 -38 511  
                Assets 106 Euros Q3/11 124 535 130 089  
                Liabilities 106 Euros Q3/11 156 202 168 600  

        Financial derivatives  (12)

106 Euros Q3/11 -1 945 -1 502  

        Other investment

106 Euros Q3/11 -129 098 -122 548  
                Assets 106 Euros Q3/11 109 013 109 278  
                Liabilities 106 Euros Q3/11 238 110 231 825  

        Reserve assets

106 Euros Q3/11 16 686 15 079  
   Total Assets  (12) 106 Euros Q3/11 301 124 305 242  
   Total Liabilities  (12) 106 Euros Q3/11 478 252 486 179  
Net International Investment Position 106 Euros Q3/11 -177 128 -180 936  

Gross External  Debt Position (13)

106 Euros Q3/11 379 138 379 346

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Exchange Rates

(5)       BP: Exchange rates statistics (time series)

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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