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Bulgaria unemployment drops sharply, stays below EU average

May 31, 2016June 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 7.1 per cent in April 2016, down from 10 per cent in April 2015, and remaining

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Business 

Bulgaria Q1 2016 FDI was 371.3M euro

May 18, 2016May 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first three months of 2016 stood at 371.3 million euro, the equivalent of

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Business 

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 8.6% in Q1 2016 – NSI

May 16, 2016May 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 8.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, a decrease of two percentage points compared

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.7% economic growth in Q1 2016 – flash estimate

May 13, 2016May 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

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

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.2% deflation in April

May 13, 2016May 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 2.2 per cent year-on-year in April, the highest since 2.3 per cent annual

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria foreign trade gap shrinks in Q1 2016

May 10, 2016May 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s foreign trade gap in the first quarter of this year stood at 892.8 million leva, or 456.5 million euro, shrinking from

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Bulgaria 

EU spring economic forecast re-iterates growth drop-off prediction for Bulgaria in 2016

May 3, 2016May 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, macroeconomic indicators

European Commission’s spring forecast for the EU economy, released on May 3, cut the economic growth estimate in the 28-country

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports Q1 Budget surplus in line with forecast

May 2, 2016May 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first quarter of 2016 was 1.86 billion leva,

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-February was 81M euro

April 18, 2016April 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of 2016 stood at 81 million euro, the equivalent of

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