01665cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001963 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451832143 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Portugal : Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (40 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This 2001 Article IV Consultation highlights that after an extended period of real convergence in living standards toward the euro area average, the Portuguese economy weakened markedly in 2001. GDP growth in 2001 is estimated at about 1.6 percent, about half the rate recorded over the previous two years. The growth slowdown reflected to some extent the waning effect of euro-entry-related declines in interest rates and private sector responses to rising indebtedness levels. Inflation has continued to exceed the euro area average, reflecting to an important extent relatively strong cost pressures in Portugal. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/090 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2002/090/002.2002.issue-090-en.xml IMF e-Library