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World Bank slightly lowers economic growth forecast for Bulgaria for 2024

January 10, 2024January 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank has slightly lowered its economic growth forecast for Bulgaria for 2024, to 2.4 per cent, a reduction

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Business 

World Bank: Bulgaria’s economy to slow down substantially in 2023

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank is projecting 1.4 per cent economic growth in Bulgaria in 2023, a reduction of 0.1 percentage points

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Business 

World Bank lowers economic growth forecast for Bulgaria

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank is forecasting Bulgaria’s real GDP growth to come in at 1.5%, a reduction of 0.2 percentage points

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Business 

World Bank: Bulgarian economy set to slow down substantially in 2023

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

Following robust growth in 2022, the Bulgarian economy is set to slow down substantially in 2023 in tune with the

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Business 

World Bank says Bulgaria’s economy grew by 3.1% in 2022, outlook for 2023 unchanged

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, World Bank

Bulgaria’s economy is projected to have grown by 3.1 per cent in 2022, the World Bank said in its January

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Bulgaria 

World Bank slightly raises growth forecast for Bulgaria for 2022

October 5, 2022January 11, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank has slightly raised its growth forecast for Bulgaria for 2022, to 2.9 per cent in its autumn

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World 

World Bank sees raised risk of stagflation

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine, World Bank

Compounding the damage from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has magnified the slowdown in the global economy,

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Europe 

World Bank announces $30BN response to global food security crisis

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine, World Bank

The World Bank has announced actions it plans to take as part of a comprehensive, global response to the ongoing

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Europe 

World Bank: Food, energy price shocks from war in Ukraine could last years

April 26, 2022April 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine, World Bank

Russia’s war on Ukraine has dealt a major shock to commodity markets, altering global patterns of trade, production, and consumption

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