Macroeconomic forecasts underlying the Draft Stability Programme 2015-2019

This Opinion examines the macroeconomic forecasts underlying the Draft Stability Programme 2015-2019 (SP/2015), and was issued according the joint terms of national and European legislation (Article 12-I (1) of the Budget Framework Law (Law no. 41/2014 of 10 July), Article 6 subparagraph (a) of the Portuguese Public Finance Council‘s statutes, approved by Law no. 54/2011 of 19 October, Article 4 (4) and Article 6 (3) (f) of Regulation (EU) no. 473/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013).

The drawing up of this Opinion is framed by the “Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Finance and the Portuguese Public Finance Council on  the preparation of the Opinion on the macroeconomic forecasts underlying the Stability Program and the State Budget Proposal”, signed on 6 February 2015.

Date of last update: 21/04/2015