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Bulgaria records 0.7% economic growth in Q2 2016 – flash estimate

August 12, 2016September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.7 per cent growth in the second quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria annual CPI records 0.2% deflation in July

August 12, 2016August 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 0.2 per cent year-on-year in July 2016, while the monthly data showed one

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Despite exports drop, Bulgaria records shrinking trade gap in H1 2016

August 9, 2016August 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s foreign trade gap in the first half of this year stood at 2.14 billion leva, or 1.1 billion euro, shrinking from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria H1 2016 Budget surplus at 3.07B leva, below forecasts

July 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first half of 2016 was 3.07 billion leva, or

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Business 

Reduction in unemployment in Bulgaria among highest in EU – Eurostat

July 29, 2016August 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria recorded the third-largest decrease in unemployment among European Union countries between June 2015 and June 2016, EU statistics office

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-May was 517.3M euro

July 15, 2016July 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of 2016 stood at 517.3 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.3% deflation in June

July 12, 2016July 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 1.3 per cent year-on-year in June 2016, while the monthly data showed a

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Business 

Bulgaria reports drop in exports, negative trade balance, in January – May 2016

July 11, 2016July 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports to European Union and non-EU countries in January to May 2016 were 3.5 per cent less than in

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-April was 429.1M euro

June 17, 2016June 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first four months of 2016 stood at 429.1 million euro, the equivalent of

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