The concern of managers with government and politics increased in July, but the international situation continued to lead the fears, according to a barometer of the Business Administrators and Managers Forum (FAE).
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17/08/2026
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Lusa
“ A International situation leads the main concerns of Portuguese managers”, and despite the residual decrease of 1.9% compared to the previous month, “it is presented as a priority in 43.4% of the answers”, reads, in a statement.
The greatest variation compared to the June results was found in the category Government and Policy, now with 16.9%, signaling an increase of 5.3%.
For managers, the Hire and Retention of Talents is presented as the third biggest concern, standing at 12%, while the Competition and Business Model and Taxes and Taxes assume the fourth position, both with 7.2%.
Logistic and Supply Chains, and Legislation and Regulation “present in ex aequo with 3.6%, the first one rising 0.4% and the second one dropped 2.7%”, according to the results of the FAE monthly barometer.
Finally, Digitization and Technological Disruption, Corruption and Interest Rate and Inflation, with identical values of 1.2%, are in a “plan of less relevance among the main concerns of managers”.
In this analysis, there are also data on the Optimism Index of managers, which rose to 3.1 compared to 2.42 observed in June, approaching the highest value of the year (3,22), which was registered in May.