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Bulgaria’s consumer price index recorded deflation for the fifth consecutive month in July, while the annual inflation figure fell to 0.5 per cent, data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) […]
In July 2013 the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) increased by 1.2 points in the euro zone (to 92.5) and by 2.4 points in the EU (to 95), continuing the upward […]
Global food prices declined for three consecutive quarters, then rose in May and June, remaining close to historical peaks, the World Bank said. Some countries with high poverty and weak […]
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bulgaria rose by 13 per cent last year, reaching 1.48 billion euro, a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), presented […]
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of the year stood at 505.4 million euro, the equivalent of 1.2 per cent of gross domestic product, according to […]
Euro zone annual inflation was 1.6 per cent in June 2013, up from 1.4 per cent in May. A year earlier the rate was 2.4 per cent. Monthly inflation was […]
The World Bank downgraded its estimates for global economic growth in 2013 and 2014, but said that the global economy appeared to transitioning to a period of more stable, if […]
Bulgaria’s annual consumer price inflation remained unchanged at two per cent in May, data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) showed on June 12. The consumer price index recorded 0.1 […]
Annual inflation in the 17-member euro zone is expected to be 1.4 per cent in May 2013, up from 1.2 per cent in April, according to a flash estimate on […]
April 2013 saw 5.62 million young people – meaning under-25s – unemployed in the European Union, about 68 000 of them in Bulgaria, according to figures released by EU statistics agency […]
