“The 2016 deficit will be the lowest in the history of our democracy and will not be more than 2.1 percent”, Mário Centeno told
the parliamentary budget commission on Wednesday.
After quoting the Portuguese economy numbers disclosed by the Portuguese National Statistics Institute (INE) on Tuesday, which show GDP grew an average of 1.4 percent in 2016, the minister said that “Portugal has the basis to ensure sustained, fair economic growth and healthy public accounts”.