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Date stated in the original: 3 April 2016. Review note: 6 November 2026.

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Investing in Bulgaria 2016: macroeconomic indicators — image from the original website

ECONOMIC INDICATORS (source: National Statistical Institute — NSI and Bulgarian National Bank — BNB). • −0.3%: inflation in February compared with the previous month; −0.5% year on year. • +3%: GDP growth at the end of the fourth quarter of 2015 compared with the same period of 2014; +0.7% quarter on quarter. • 69.3%: the country’s employment rate in 2015 (49.1% of the population over 15, totalling 3,031,900 people), up 0.3% year on year. • 9.1%: unemployment in 2015 (−2.3% year on year). • Retail turnover in January 2016 was unchanged from December 2015 (+1.3% year on year). • +0.8%: the change in the industrial production index in January compared with the previous month (+3% year on year). • 99%: the producer price index in January (−1% compared with the previous month and −3.3% compared with the same period of 2014). • 96.6%: the seasonally adjusted construction production index in January (−3.4% compared with the previous month and −10.7% compared with the same period of 2014).

These are the indicators for March 2016, a useful guide for investors and companies navigating the Bulgarian market.