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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January 2021 was 32.7M euro

March 19, 2021March 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 32.7 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

NSI: Number of unemployed in Bulgaria rose 18.1% in 2020

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Compared to 2019, the number of unemployed people in Bulgaria rose by 18.1 per cent in 2020, while the unemployment

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 0.1% deflation in February

March 15, 2021March 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 0.1 per cent in February, compared to 0.6 per cent deflation a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports in January 2021 down 6.1% y/y

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The total value of good exported from Bulgaria in January 2021 added up to 4.68 billion leva, 6.1 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 4.2% economic decline in 2020

March 9, 2021March 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s economy shrank by 4.2 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in January 2021 was 5.5%

March 4, 2021March 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Unemployment in Bulgaria in January 2021 was 5.5 per cent, according to seasonally-adjusted figures released on March 4 by European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 409.7M leva Budget surplus in January 2021

February 27, 2021March 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 409.7 million leva in the first month of the year,

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Bulgaria 

Fitch re-affirms Bulgaria ‘BBB’ credit rating, raises outlook to ‘positive’

February 20, 2021February 23, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Fitch Ratings has re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BBB’ and raised its

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in 2020 was 561.7M euro – central bank data

February 19, 2021February 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in 2020 stood at 561.7 million euro, the equivalent of 0.9 per cent of the

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