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Inflation Rhymes with Housing Credit: How Do Eurozone Prices Affect Your Bank Loan?
Tuesday, 2 December 2025RSS
Context & Explainers
Inflation measures how much general prices rise over time, usually reported year‑on‑year to compare a month with the same month a year earlier. Portugal’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) estimated January inflation at 1.9% year‑on‑year, down 0.3 percentage points from December, which affects rents, wages and everyday purchasing power for residents.
