Portuguese government debt will fall to 2.2% of GDP in 2016, half the 2015 figure, according to the forecasts published by the Portuguese statistical institute on Friday 23 September.
This announcement corresponds to a better performance than the targeted 2.5% agreed at European level. This is a sign that "budget implementation is running as planned with a significant improvement over 2015", said the Portuguese finance minister, Mario Centeno, Reuters reports.
This summer, Lisbon...