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National Statistical Institute reports 3.5 per cent annual inflation in July

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Annual inflation in Bulgaria in July 2018 in comparison to July 2017 is 3.5 percent, according to data by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute. Since the beginning of the year inflation has reached 1.7%.

The average annual inflation for the period August 2017 - July 2018 compared to the period August 2016 - July 2017 is 2.4%. In the second quarter of 2018, GDP grew by 3.4 per cent on the corresponding quarter of the previous year and by 0.8 per cent on the first quarter of 2018. In the second quarter unemployment rate was 5.5 per cent and compared to the second quarter of 2017, marks a decline of 0.8 percent.


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