Portugal expects 6.9% economic slump this year, PM says <!-- no image --> <div>Portugal's government expects the economy to contract 6.9% this year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Thursday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=OUEBZVCQFqQ:lwLHYZXbNiA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=OUEBZVCQFqQ:lwLHYZXbNiA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=OUEBZVCQFqQ:lwLHYZXbNiA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=OUEBZVCQFqQ:lwLHYZXbNiA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=OUEBZVCQFqQ:lwLHYZXbNiA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/OUEBZVCQFqQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters