Ehehe!!! Só neste país, mesmo! E eu, de facto, parece que tenho propensão a ir parar a estes redutos comunistas: há dez anos atrás estava eu precisamente em Avis a trabalhar... Mas como só lá estive um ano, acabei por não me aperceber bem do modo de funcionamento daquela pequena comunidade... Mas lembro-me muito bem da D. Leonor Xavier! Acho que toda a gente a conhece em Avis!Portuguese town keeps red flag flying
http://www.politico.eu/article/red-flag-flying-portugal-communist-party-election/
Num dia marcado pela subida a pique das ‘yields’ da dívida pública portuguesa, o primeiro-ministro garantiu "fazer tudo para evitar riscos orçamentais".
Credit Suisse Group AG plunged to a 27-year low as a selloff across the industry compounded doubts about Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam’s restructuring plans.
“It’s a lack in trust in the ability of banks to earn as much as they once did,” said Benno Galliker, a trader at Luzerner Kantonalbank AG. “There’s still decent money but not as much as they once did. They can’t take as much risk as they once did.”
Moscovici said Europe was witnessing a “solid” recovery even as a global stock rout deepened and bank stocks in Europe were down 29 percent this year.
As recession fears mount in the U.S., Fed Chair Janet Yellen conceded there's a "chance" of a downturn ahead.
She also said the central bank is studying whether negative interest rates would help should conditions worsen.
“Queremos melhorar a imagem dos mercados de Portugal como país, como economia e em relação à dívida pública e privada. Isso requer um compromisso e uma ação muito fortes a nível orçamental”, referiu o ministro em declarações recolhidas após a reunião do EcoFin, que aprovou o Orçamento do Estado 2016 de Portugal.
“São medidas que não atingirão os rendimentos das famílias seja por via do corte de salários ou penões, seja por aumento de impostos sobre o rendimento”, afirmou António Costa, justificando que “temos de prevenir riscos e reforçar a confiança”. Onde irá o Estado buscar mais dinheiro? Aos impostos especiais sobre o consumo, justificou.
O secretário-geral do PS considera que, "felizmente", já nem os mercados financeiros "dão ouvidos" ao primeiro-ministro e à ministra das Finanças, contrapondo que reina a "tranquilidade" nas instituições internacionais perante a formação de um executivo socialista.
0.7%Nevertheless, the data also confirms that Italy recovered in 2015 year after three consecutive years of negative growth - -2,8% in 2012, -1,7% in 2013 and -0,4% in 2014. The last time Italy had had a year of positive growth was in 2011, when GDP rose 0.6%.
Italy’s budget deficit target is likely to be set at 2.6 per cent this year and 2.2 per cent next year, though if the EU allows extra leeway for countries on the front lines of the migrant crisis, it could rise to 2.4 per cent.
Italy has the lowest share of public debt held by non-residents of all eurozone countries.
According to data from the Bank of Italy, in 2014 the share of public debt detained by foreigners has dropped to 35.6%. This is well below the levels of 2006, when 51.4% of national debt was held in foreign hands.
In the third quarter of 2015 the General Government deficit/GDP ratio was 2.4%
The slowdown will put further pressure on Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, who has been battling to save a banking system lumbering under €201bn (£156bn) of bad loans, the equivalent 12pc of the country's entire economic output.