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# Portuguese Economy

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# Bailout
EU fund issues new bonds to pay for Irish bailout
The European Financial Stability Fund says it issued €3bn in three-year bonds, at a rate over four times cheaper than we’d get.
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Jan 5th 2012, 1:55 PM
# Review 2011
Recessions, downgrades and Super Mario - 2011: the year in money
2011 may be remembered in future as the year we sorted out the financial crisis – or the year in which it grew beyond our control.
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Dec 29th 2011, 10:58 AM
# Debt Crisis
Student study: Ireland could write off 85 per cent of its European debt
The pan-European ESCP business school says Ireland could get rid of €184bn in debts – by simply cancelling them out with others.
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Nov 21st 2011, 4:09 PM
# Eurozone
Bond yields dive, and Euro up, as markets embrace Brussels deal
The cost of borrowing for Europe’s strugglers is falling this morning, after leaders struck deals on gentler bailouts.
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Jul 22nd 2011, 10:13 AM
# Bailout
Irish bailout rate 'cut to under 4 per cent' by draft agreement - report
RTÉ says a draft agreement being considered in Brussels would slash our interest rate and extend our repayments.
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Jul 21st 2011, 4:31 PM
# Bailout
European finance leaders sign off on Portugal's €78bn bailout
Portugal will borrow over 7.5 years at an average interest rate of 5.7 per cent – slightly less than the 5.83 per cent we pay.
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May 16th 2011, 7:15 PM
# Finland
Parties bypass True Finns to agree support for Portuguese bailout
Timo Soimi’s True Finns are sidelined as three other large parties agree to support a parliamentary vote to approve the loan.
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May 11th 2011, 7:19 PM
# Portugal
Portugal seals the deal on €78bn EU-IMF bailout
Portugal’s caretaker government signs off on the Eurozone’s third bailout package – but is their deal better than ours?
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May 4th 2011, 7:26 AM
# Bailout
Portuguese bailout deal due 'in days' - while Greece seeks extension
A preliminary agreement on emergency lending to Portugal’s caretaker government is due in days, an EU official says.
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May 3rd 2011, 3:36 PM
# Portugal
Portuguese finance minister admits: 'We're going to need a bailout'
A third Eurozone country admits the need for foreign help after a new bond auction sends interest rates spiralling.
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Apr 6th 2011, 8:06 PM
# Bondwatch
Bond prices surge again after Portuguese budget defeat
The costs of borrowing for both Ireland and Portugal take a battering in the aftermath of the latter’s prime minister quitting.
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Mar 24th 2011, 9:35 AM
# Portugal
Portugal's prime minister quits after bitter budget defeat
Jose Socrates quits power after parliament defeats his fourth austerity budget in less than a year – as an EU summit begins.
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Mar 24th 2011, 7:56 AM
# Portugal
Portugal facing choppy waters after Moody's debt downgrade
The ratings agency cuts the rating it gives to Portuguese government debt, down two notches from A1 and A3.
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Mar 16th 2011, 10:37 AM
# Bondwatch
Portuguese treasury build auction sees yields rise
Portugal issues €1bn in twelve-month bills, while buying back some of its older debt – but the results aren’t ideal.
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Feb 16th 2011, 2:57 PM
# Bond Markets
ECB bought €2.7bn of bonds last week alone
So much for winding down the controversial bond-buying scheme… Frankfurt may have been the only buyer last week.
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Dec 13th 2010, 3:56 PM
# Debt Crisis
Has the contagion been stopped? EU bond yields dive
The costs of borrowing for Portugal, Italy and Spain has fallen, easing some fear about the Eurozone debt crisis.
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Dec 1st 2010, 12:58 PM
# Portuguese Economy
Lisbon, Brussels, Berlin deny pressure for Portuguese bailout
All parties deny a Financial Times Deutschland claiming that Portugal is under pressure to take a bailout. Sound familiar?
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Nov 26th 2010, 2:55 PM
# Portugal
Portugal readies for day of all-out national strike
Portugal’s two main trade unions will hold their first joint strike for decades, bring the country’s services to a standstill.
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Nov 24th 2010, 9:44 AM
# Bailout Republic?
EU to tell Ireland: Take a bailout today
The world’s press is sure of it: everywhere the government turns, it’s told to accept an international handout.
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Nov 16th 2010, 7:01 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Nov 15th 2010, 4:56 PM
# Portuguese Economy
Portugal admits 'high risk' of needing a bailout
The country’s finance minister admits Portugal may ask for assistance – and implies that it could be Ireland’s fault.
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Nov 15th 2010, 4:25 PM
# Ni-hao's it going?
Could China be stepping in to buy Irish bonds?
China bought Greek debt at the time of the bailout, and hints it’s been buying Portugal. Could Ireland be next?
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Nov 11th 2010, 12:46 PM
# Bond Markets
Uh-oh: two days after reining in, bond yields explode again
The cost of government ten-year borrowing was under 6% on Tuesday. Today it closed above 6.5% again.
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Oct 21st 2010, 4:31 PM