100 million euros worth of internal debt in government bonds is being offered to investors. This is the first debt issuance since the spring of 2021, and in the term of office of caretaker Minister of Finance Assen Vassilev. The bonds are with a zero interest rate, but they are being purchased by investors - mostly by banks and funds because they are a reliable instrument which is better than the negative interest rates of financial institutions.
In 2021 Bulgaria issued 400 million euro’s worth of debt on the domestic market. The debt maximum in the state budget for the year is 2.3 billion euro, but experts say that it is hardly likely that this threshold will be reached by the end of the year.
For the first half of 2024, the fast loans reached over 3 billion euros, according to the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) . In comparison, at the end of June 2023, the granted quick loans totalled 2.5 billion euros. According to the..
Natural gas prices are expected to decrease by around 2% in September, according to a forecast by Bulgargaz. This is clear from the request submitted to the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC). The company informs that next month, the..
The unemployment rate in Bulgaria stood at 5.41% in July, the National Employment Agency says. 152,844 is the number of unemployed persons registered last month, and 14,542 started work. An increase in the number of job vacancies has been..
All non-household consumers will be compensated for the high cost of electricity by the end of the year, the government has decided. The European..
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