By Katharina Jungen
Dec 7, 2010
| Last Updated
- The Portuguese economy will fall back into recession in 2011 as aggressive austerity measures trigger a sharp contraction in domestic demand and impetus from the external sector provides only a small contribution to economic growth.
- While the Portuguese banking sector has so far avoided profitability and solvency problems, the deteriorating growth outlook and rising expected loan losses will exert pressure on banks’ capital cushions.
- The Portuguese economy is the next likely candidate to tap the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) if access to funding dries up further. However,[...]
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