Portuguese pension system 'fundamentally unsustainable'

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PORTUGAL - The IMF has said that the Portuguese pension system remains fundamentally unsustainable, despite earlier pension reforms and to stabilise the system, pension benefits may have to be reduced.

In a report on pension reform in Portugal, the IMF said that Portugal will face adverse demographic trends in the coming decades which will result in significant ageing-related spending pressures, ...

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