Brussels, 30/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - The troika (ECB, European Commission and IMF), which arrived in Portugal on Tuesday, may review the budgetary deficit target for 2012 upward, from 4.5% of GDP to 5.3% of GDP, the daily Diario Economico reported on Thursday 30 August. According to the daily, which does not cite its sources, it was the government itself which told EU and IMF inspectors of that trend. The country's creditor mission is to last around two weeks and will determine whether a further instalment of aid by way of €4.3 billion will be paid to Lisbon in addition to the €57 billion already paid out. In May 2011, Portugal negotiated a bailout plan of €78 billion, in exchange for reforms and austerity measures. For its fifth mission on the spot, the troika will be examining the preparation of the 2013 budget with local authorities. Last week, the government had announced that its tax receipts would be below forecasts for 2012. The country will also have to do what it can with a recession estimated at 3% of GDP for this year and with a rate of unemployment that has already reached 15% of the active population during the second quarter. (SP/transl.jl)