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Date shown in the original: 5 July 2016. Review note: 6 November 2026.

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Bulgarian economy 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% year on year; • +2.9% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the same period of 2015; +0.7% quarter on quarter; • 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); • +0.3% change in the retail trade turnover index in April 2016 compared with March (+5.4% year on year); • -0.1% change in the industrial production index in April compared with the previous month (+2.5% 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 of 2015); • 97.9% seasonally adjusted construction production index in April (-2.1% compared with the previous month and -10.4% compared with the same period of 2015).