Report n.º 3/2013 – Analysis of the Fiscal Strategy Document 2013-2017

This publication assesses the general government budget outturn in the year 2012 and analyses the 2013/2017 Fiscal Strategy Document recently disclosed by the Government. This analysis springs from the statutory tasks entrusted to the Portuguese Public Finance Council: to evaluate the public debt dynamics and its sustainability; to assess the macroeconomic evolution scenarios adopted by the Government and the consistency of fiscal forecasts with them; to assess the compliance with fiscal rules in force.

The outline of the Report is as follow:

Purposes of the Report

• Overview and conclusions;
• Budget outturn in 2012;
• Public finance sustainability;
• Macroeconomic scenario;
• Fiscal forecasts.

Date of last update: 29/05/2013