01581cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005411 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451832303 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Portugal : Staff Report for the 2008 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (58 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 Portugal's 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that Portugal's financial system remains sound and well supervised. Portugal has accumulated substantial macroeconomic imbalances, and the policy challenge is to smooth the adjustment, containing domestic demand while increasing productivity and flexibility, thus rebalancing growth to the external sector. The weaker global conditions should thus be taken as a reason to strengthen efforts to reignite the stalled convergence process and continue fiscal consolidation and reform. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2008/323 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2008/323/002.2008.issue-323-en.xml IMF e-Library