Historical archive. News item from the previous archive. Figures, assessments and references relate to the original period and do not necessarily describe the current situation. Read the updated guides.

Date stated in the original: 17 June 2016. Review note: 6 November 2026.

The text of the original article

Bulgaria: macroeconomic update, June 2016 — image from the original website

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

(source: National Statistical Institute—NSI and Bulgarian National Bank—BNB)

• 0% inflation in April compared with the previous month; -2.2% year on year; • +2.9% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the same period in 2015; +0.7% quarter on quarter; ECONOMY AND STATISTICS 4 • 66.5% employment rate in the first quarter of 2016 (+1.5% year on year); • 8.6% unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2016 (-2% year on year); • +0.8% change in the retail turnover index in March 2016 compared with January (+6.2% year on year); • -0.5% change in the industrial production index in March compared with the previous month (+3% year on year); • 99.6% producer price index in April (-0.4% compared with the previous month and -5.2% compared with the same period in 2015); • 98.5% seasonally adjusted construction output index in March (-1.5% compared with the previous month and -9.2% compared with the same period in 2015).

inflation in Bulgaria, economic recovery in Bulgaria, legal advice for investments in Bulgaria, contracts in Bulgaria, public procurement in Bulgaria, opening a company in Bulgaria, Bulgarian lawyers, internationalisation in Bulgaria, investments, law firm in Bulgaria, outsourcing in Bulgaria, companies under Bulgarian law, property investments in Bulgaria, economic growth BulgariaX taxes at 10%, outsourcing in Bulgaria