S&P maintains "rating" and outlook for Portugal
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S&P maintains "rating" and outlook for Portugal

Jornal de Negócios28 August 2026 at 21:22

The financial rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) decided to keep the "rating" classification assigned to Portuguese sovereign debt unchanged.

The same agency also kept the outlook for Portugal's public debt unchanged.

This decision means that S&P continues to assess Portugal's ability to meet its financial obligations in the same way as it did before this assessment.

The maintenance of the classification and outlook comes in a context of continuous monitoring of the country's economic and fiscal conditions.

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