• Risks to meeting bailout targets remains high, especially with legal challenges in constitutional court
  • 2013 deficit target of 5.5% of GDP expected to have been met with some margin
  • Needs more spending rationalisation and there’s no alternative to fiscal consolidation
  • Portuguese debt set to have peaked in 2013
  • Short term outlook has improved
  • Still susceptible to changes in market sentiment

The IMF comments on the 10th Portuguese review