Financial Expert's Projections: If Inflation Continues to Fall Bulgaria Can Adopt the Euro in 2025
Julian Voinov, an economist and financial expert, expressed optimism regarding Bulgaria's potential adoption of the euro in 2025 or early 2026
European stocks suffered a sharp sell-off at the open on Monday, tracking big drops in Asia as growing inflation expectations and rising bond yields took their toll on equity markets, reported Reuters.
Europe’s STOXX 600 sank 1.1 percent, in line with euro zone stocks .STOXXE and on track for its sixth straight day of decline. The pan-European index hit a two-month low in early dealing, having given back all the gains it made in the exuberant new year rally.
Among major European equity markets, only Spain and Italy are still higher than at the turn of the year, with the UK the worst performer.
All sectors were in the red on Monday, but the sell-off hit the highest valued parts of the market hardest, with tech stocks .SX8P falling 1.6 percent.
Chipmaker AMS, one of the best-performing European stocks last year, fell 4.5 percent. Siltronic tumbled 3.7 percent while BE Semiconductor fell 3 percent.
Results also weighed on some stocks. Ryanair fell 3.5 percent after the airline struck a cautious tone about fares and potential disruption from pilot unions, though it reported rising profits.
Travel and leisure stocks .SXTP were among the worst-performing, down 1.3 percent as shares in airlines Air France , easyJet, IAG and Lufthansa fell.
Fiat Chrysler fell 2.7 percent after sources told Reuters late on Friday that the U.S. Justice Department was seeking “substantial” fines in the emissions case against the Italian carmaker. [nL2N1PS26I]
A downgrade to “sell” from DNB drove Hexpol shares down 5 percent, the worst-performing company on the STOXX index.
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Julian Voinov, an economist and financial expert, expressed optimism regarding Bulgaria's potential adoption of the euro in 2025 or early 2026
This was stated by the Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank at the international conference "Bulgaria in the Eurozone, When?" in Sofia
Former Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov has suggested that Bulgaria's potential entry into the Eurozone may not materialize before 2026
In the initial quarter of 2024, Bulgaria's economy expanded by 0.4%, as per an expedited evaluation by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), a slight deceleration from the 0.5% growth witnessed in the final quarter of the preceding year
According to Levon Hampartzoumian, the likelihood of Bulgaria joining the Eurozone in 2025 is very slim, as no country has ever entered during the middle of the year
According to Dimitar Radev, the Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), Bulgaria will not meet all the requirements for joining the Eurozone by the time the convergence report is released in June
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