# Portugal Cost of borrowing for non-financial corporations (new business)

Portugal Cost of borrowing for non-financial corporations (new business) was 4.2% in September 2026, up 0.10 percentage points from August 2026 and up 0.6 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since February 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.4% (May 2020) to 5.8% (Aug 2023), averaging 3.2%.

- Source agency: European Central Bank
- Makrognosis code: `PT.BANKRATENFC.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: % per annum
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (321 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/portugal/cost-of-borrowing-for-non-financial-corporations-new-business

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 4.2% |
| August 2026 | 4.2% |
| July 2026 | 4.0% |
| June 2026 | 4.1% |
| May 2026 | 3.9% |
| April 2026 | 3.8% |
| March 2026 | 3.5% |
| February 2026 | 3.7% |
| January 2026 | 3.7% |
| December 2025 | 3.6% |
| November 2025 | 3.7% |
| October 2025 | 3.7% |
| September 2025 | 3.6% |
| August 2025 | 3.5% |
| July 2025 | 3.6% |
| June 2025 | 3.7% |
| May 2025 | 3.8% |
| April 2025 | 4.1% |
| March 2025 | 4.1% |
| February 2025 | 4.3% |
| January 2025 | 4.2% |
| December 2024 | 4.3% |
| November 2024 | 4.5% |
| October 2024 | 4.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/PT.BANKRATENFC.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/PT.BANKRATENFC.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```