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LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s economic future looked increasingly bleak Thursday as political paralysis, a grinding debt burden and a double-dip recession pushed it one step away from becoming the third euro-zone country to take a bailout.
The country’s woes quickly piled up a day after the cash-strapped government resigned following Parliament’s rejection of its debt-reduction policies. Its borrowing costs have surged, and an international ratings agency downgraded its credit.
