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Article: Portugal's growth falls behind the euro area.
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- Market Europe
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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According to the latest available survey data from Portugal's National Statistics Institute (INE) (published March 17, 2006), private consumption is in the midst of a recovery. The recovery is evident, says INE, "in both the current consumption and the durable goods consumption."
In the graph above, Portugal's durable goods indicator is plotted in blue. It took a sharp plunge between August 2005 and September 2005. Economic activity, as can be seen in red in the graph above also declined, but not as sharply.
Currently, as the durables indicator shows, this important economic sector is, indeed, making a recovery. The "climate" indicator, which quantifies ...