Due to rising fuel prices, annual inflation in Bulgaria accelerated to 4.8% in September, the National Statistical Institute announced. This is the highest increase since February 2020.
The consumer price index rose by 0.4% compared to the previous month. In August the CPI saw a 3.7% increase. Gas prices increased by 12%, coal prices rose by 4.7%. Prices of firewood also increased by 4.7%.
Staple food prices are expected to rise by another 7% by the end of the year, the Chairman of the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets Vladimir Ivanov predicted.
In the space of 15 years, from 2005 until 2020, 75% of the farms in the country have disappeared – from 500,000 in 2005 down to 132,000 in 2020, said Prof. Dr. Bozhidar Ivanov, Director of the Institute of Agrarian Economics at an international..
In October 2024, the total business climate indicator decreased by 5.6 percentage points compared to September, dropping from 22.5% to 16.9%. The index declined in all monitored sectors, the National Statistical Institute announced. In industry, the..
Petar Ganev , senior researcher at the Institute for Market Economics announced, for the BNR, the publication of their white paper of the Bulgarian economy – Unlocking growth: the road ahead after the election. “Concord should be sought and..
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