The AI buzz in financial markets
The rise of AI has led to hopes of a new industrial revolution and, at the same time, fears of another bubble. This ambivalence extends to stock market valuations: they rest on expectations of vast revenue growth, but at the same time, there are doubts about their…
Productivity and employment in the face of generative AI: what do we know?
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has traits of a general-purpose technology: applications in many sectors, rapid improvement of the technology itself and a catalyst for complementary innovations. This has already happened with technologies such as electricity and…
14 May 2026
Portugal: the effects of the conflict begin to show through
The February storms and the initial impact of the conflict in the Middle East contributed to the stagnation of GDP in the first three months of the year. In the absence of the breakdown by component, the first GDP estimate indicates that consumption slowed, while…
