“It is certainly an adversity that happened in the BES,” says … – iOnline

"It is certainly an adversity that happened in the BES," says … – iOnline

Economy Minister said today that what happened in the BES was one “adversity”, but stressed that although “concerned”, believes in the ability of the Portuguese economy to overcome the difficulties.

“It is certainly an adversity that happened in BES. Nor have already given notice that it is a hardship, and great for attracting investment, what happened in other companies with responsibility as PT “, said Pires de Lima, during a visit to the Port of Setúbal, believing that the situation of BES will not lead to a decline in the growth of the national economy.

“But what matters is the ability to register the Portuguese economy has companies have, to prevail, to overcome these adversities. Portuguese economy today is made primarily of a tissue of large, medium , small, micro, new businesses, which make the ability to compete on an international scale, its main success factor, “said the official.

According to the minister, both the data of economic growth – released today – as the numbers of job creation and reducing unemployment, show that this new economy, “based on reputable managements, who make competition his main weapon from the point of view of economic growth, is to prevail over all other less positive aspects. ”

Assuming being “worried” about what happened in BES, Pires de Lima before preferred appreciate the positive aspects of national economic development.

“Today we learned that the Portuguese economy, despite all these difficulties and adversities, was one of the economies in the whole of Europe with the highest growth. E is the economy generated more jobs over the last year. was the economy where the unemployment rate has fallen more over the past 18 months across Europe, “said the ruler.

The finance minister said he had “strong reasons for confidence in the Portuguese business and all companies operating in Portugal,” to believe that “this path of economic recovery will continue,” despite the difficulties of recent times.

Asked about the interest on the public debt, which fell across all maturities, and the possible relationship to data released today by the National Statistics Institute (INE), demonstrating that the Portuguese economy grew 0.6 % in the second quarter compared with the first and 0.8% over the same period of 2013, Pires de Lima welcomed that fact.