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| Title: | | Will Portugal turn into a second Greece?  |
| Authors: | | Schrader, Klaus Laaser, Claus-Friedrich |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Kiel policy brief / Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel 42 |
| Abstract: | | Current economic developments in Portugal do not portend well. The Portuguese GDP is shrinking and the growth forecast for 2012 is gloomy - in the EU only the forecast for Greece is even worse (Figure 1). Moreover, Portugal is now having to pay double-digit interest rates on its bonds, its debt ratio exceeds 100 p.c. of GDP, its unemploy-ment rate is knocking on 15 p.c., and its current account deficit continues to remain high. All of these things not only indicate that Portugal is in a serious economic crisis. They also conjure up parallels to Greece's economic plunge. Thus, it is not surprising that many expect that Portugal will turn into a second Greece. But is this expectation really well founded? We think the answer to this question is no. A careful analysis of the crisis in Portugal shows that it is different from the crisis in Greece. Portugal has a better chance of avoiding economic collapse than Greece. |
| Document Type: | | Research Report |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des IfW Economists Online Kiel Policy Brief, IfW
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