One of the most serious problems the country faces today is the high unemployment that continues to grow. In the 3rd quarter of 2004, the last for which official data are published, the number of unemployed in Portugal over the half a million.
Unemployment has a devastating social and individual (social exclusion, poverty, loss of self-esteem, depression, etc.) but also has economic consequences no less serious which have been systematically neglected.
This has serious consequences for businesses, especially those whose sales are used for the internal market. Due to the fall in purchasing power of the population also determined by high unemployment, many firms can not sell the whole producing, so that ultimately close the doors, throwing many workers in unemployment and further exacerbating the circle "unemployment.
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