Public accounts surprise: was the surplus much higher than expected?

Public accounts surprise: was the surplus much higher than expected?

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Portuguese public accounts surprised again in 2025, with better performance than expected. What do the latest numbers show, anyway? Listen to the new episode of Economia dia a dia, Expresso’s daily podcast, led by Juliana Simões

The National Statistics Institute confirmed this Thursday that Portugal ended 2025 with a budget surplus of 0.7% of Gross Domestic Product.

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