Portugal: Selected Issues
March 22, 2004
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This Selected Issues paper of Portugal highlights the discussions on the requirement of policies to overcome structural and cyclical impediments to growth, and secure fiscal consolidation. It analyzes the strength of the company balance sheets in supporting the rebound from recession, and also the links between corporate balance sheet strength and investment. It reviews the challenges in the Portuguese economy, the impact of European Union enlargement on Portuguese trade, the pension prospects, and the implications of various policy reform scenarios.
Subject: Economic integration, Expenditure, Financial markets, Financial statements, Labor, Monetary unions, Pension spending, Pensions, Public financial management (PFM), Stock markets
Keywords: chapter III, CR, EU average, EU trade, Europe, Financial statements, investment-balance sheet sensitivity, ISCR, Monetary unions, pension, pension expenditure, Pension spending, Pensions, Portugal, Stock markets, trade benefit
Pages:
63
Volume:
2004
DOI:
Issue:
081
Series:
Country Report No. 2004/081
Stock No:
1PRTEA0022004
ISBN:
9781451832181
ISSN:
1934-7685
