This book explores Portugal's response to the 2008 economic crisis and how the country regained the trust of the global capital markets through investor support. The experiences and successes of Portugal are compared with the other Eurozone countries, in particular Greece which had to negotiate...

1. The background -- 2. Roadmap, preparations -- 3. Investors -- 4. Managing the different ecosystems: the international press, the rating agencies and the domestic public opinion -- 5. Restarting the engines: first issuance -- 6. The road to normalization had its ups and downs. 7. The final...

This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the rebound of the Irish economy has been exceptional. High frequency indicators suggest that growth momentum has continued in 2016. Solid job creation has reduced the unemployment rate below 8 percent. Inflation has hovered around zero as low...