Following the approval of the 2023 draft budget, the caretaker cabinet decided to table it to the National Assembly. According to the draft budget, the budget deficit for 2023 is set at 6.4% of the country’s gross domestic product.
According to the macroeconomic forecast of the finance ministry, the GDP growth in 2023 will slow down to 1.8%, and this will be in line with consumption, exports and inventory changes. GDP growth is projected to accelerate to 3.3% in 2024. At EUR 2.3 billion, the minimum fiscal reserve by December 31, 2023 is to remain unchanged from the amount set in the 2022 State Budget Act. The debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to increase to 25.3% in 2023, 29.6% in 2024 and 33% by the end of 2025.
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..
The total quarterly income on average per person in a household in the second quarter of 2024 was 1,644.32 EUR and increased by 20.5% compared to the same period in 2023 , NSI data show. At the same time, the average three-month..
Agricultural land in Bulgaria has more than doubled in price, or by 108.7%, for the past 7 years , according to data of the National Statistical Institute. In 2016, the average price per decare of land was 386 EUR and last year it..
On October 4, 1974, the construction of the Hemus Motorway from Sofia to Varna started. Back then, the chairman of the State Council and..
2024 is the best year since tourism statistics have been in existence – revenues, accommodation, number of tourists and tourist registrations, number of..
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