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Bulgaria records 0.3% economic growth in Q1 2020 – flash estimate

May 15, 2020May 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.3 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2020, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in

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Bulgaria’s exports fell 8.8% in March 2020 year-on-year

May 13, 2020May 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In March 2020, Bulgaria’s exports decreased by 8.8 per cent compared with March 2019, while imports decreased by 6.3 per

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Q1 2020 Budget surplus at 1.43B leva

April 30, 2020May 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on April 30 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first three months of 2020 was

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Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in March 2020 was 4.5%

April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Unemployment in Bulgaria in March 2020 was 4.5 per cent, up from four per cent in February, European Union statistics

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Fitch affirms Bulgaria credit rating at ‘BBB’, sees GDP shrink by 5.1% in 2020

April 25, 2020August 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

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

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-February 2020 was 37.1M euro

April 16, 2020April 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of the year stood at 37.1 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 3% inflation in March

April 15, 2020April 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded three per cent inflation in March, down from 3.7 per cent in February,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports up 2.7% on annual basis in January – February 2020

April 10, 2020April 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports in January and February 2020 were 2.7 per cent higher than in the first two months of 2019,

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2020 was 4.1% – Eurostat

April 1, 2020April 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2020 was 4.1 per cent, unchanged from January and down from 4.7 per cent in

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