
Bulgaria’s Gross Domestic Product at current prices reached a little over BGN 21 M in the third quarter of 2011, according to the country’s National Statistical Institute. According to the institute’s seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the third quarter of 2011 was 0.3% compared with the second quarter of 2011 and 1.6% [...]
December 6, 2011 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s economy performed slightly better in the second quarter than was originally estimated, according to seasonally adjusted data of the National Statistical Institute. Latest NSI data released Tuesday indicated that Bulgaria’s GDP grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2011 compared with the first quarter – an improvement compared with the 0.1% growth for [...]
September 7, 2011 | Posted in
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The average incomes of Bulgarians will surpass those of Romanians in two years, Bulgaria‘s Finance Minister Simeon Djankov vowed on Tuesday. Djankov announced his ambitious plan speaking before the private bTV channel. He pointed out the Bulgarian GDP per capita expressed in Purchasing Power Standards is 43% of the EU average, while Romania‘s is just [...]
July 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved its budget forecast for 2012-2014 which stipulates a gradual reduction of the budget deficit while ruling out tax increases. According to the Finance Ministry, budget forecast, which was adopted by the government together with a strategy for the management of the public debt, lays out the fiscal goals for by accounting [...]
April 15, 2011 | Posted in
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Thus, the IMF forecast for the Bulgarian economy in 2011 is below the 3.6% growth projected by the Bulgarian government in its 2011 budget. The Fund has actually upgraded its 2011 economic growth project for Bulgaria, which used to be at 2.6%. IMF data also shows that in 2010 the Bulgarian economy grew by 0.2%. [...]
April 15, 2011 | Posted in
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Bulgaria‘s Finance Minister Simeon Djankov plans to dedicate all of his efforts to the passing of Constitution amendment guaranteeing stable state finances, known as the “Financial Stability Pact.” The measures termed “Financial Stability Pact” were first announced by Djankov on February 8 at a lecture at the New Bulgarian University in Sofia following the US [...]
February 25, 2011 | Posted in
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