Kristalina Georgieva: There is no significant slowdown in Lending
The International Monetary Fund has yet to record enough banks cutting back on lending, and that could prompt the US Federal Reserve to reverse course with the rate hike cycle
The International Monetary Fund has yet to record enough banks cutting back on lending, and that could prompt the US Federal Reserve to reverse course with the rate hike cycle
Serious breaches, unfair trading practices and non-compliance with the Consumer Credit Act which distort the market
The Budget Committee of the Parliament adopted a decision to extend the current Law on the State Budget
This was stated by Iliya Lingorski from the BNB Board of Directors during a forum dedicated to the advantages for business and the economy of the adoption of the euro
If after June 10 there is no adopted budget for the year or a new extension of last year's budget, the state will only be able to spend as much as it collects
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has no formal basis and has not suspended the technical work on the adoption of the euro
Annual inflation in Bulgaria for April 2023 compared to April 2022 is 11.6%
The international rating agency "Fitch" (Fitch Ratings) confirmed the long-term credit rating of Bulgaria in foreign and local currency BBB with a positive outlook
At the beginning of the year, the fiscal reserve was BGN 11.9 billion, of which BGN 10.8 billion was in BNB (Bulgarian National Bank) accounts
The law on the adoption of the euro will be submitted to the National Assembly within a month, announced Deputy Minister of Finance Metodi Metodiev
Bulgaria is making efforts to be ready to accept the euro no later than January 1, 2025
At the end of March 2023, the deposits of the non-governmental sector in Bulgaria were close to BGN 119 billion (67.3 percent of GDP), and their annual increase was 13.1 percent
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has taken measures to restrict lending and control the growth of inflation
The process of raising interest rates in Bulgaria will accelerate in the coming months, the BNB predicts in the traditional publication "Banks in Bulgaria"
The referendum, which was initiated by the pro-Russian party "Vazrazhdane" to postpone the adoption of the euro, cannot be held legally, if we speak in the field of law
In 2022, the average hourly wage in the entire EU economy was 22.9 euros, and in the Eurozone - 25.5 euros, according to data released today by the European statistical service Eurostat
In 2022, the average annual income per person in a household is BGN 9,008 and it increased by 16.9% compared to 2021
In March, annual inflation in Bulgaria slowed down to a 12-month low of 14.0% compared to 16.0% in February, according to the data of the National Statistical Institute
Bulgaria's economy will grow by 1.4 percent this year, after 3.4 percent growth in 2022
The Bulgarian economy will slow its growth to 1.8 percent this year, according to the spring macroeconomic forecast of the Ministry of Finance
The gross external debt at the end of January 2023 amounted to nearly 45.1 billion euros
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