The average amount of newly granted loans secured by residential real estate is steadily rising - from EUR 80 thousand in 2022 to EUR 92 thousand in the third quarter of 2023 under the influence of the price rise of residential properties. The average debt repayment period rises from 24.2 years in 2022 to 25 years in the third quarter of 2023. Longer repayment increases interest rate risk and the probability of losses, according to an analysis prepared by the BNB and cited by the web site "Pariteni".
It is extremely concerning that the largest company in Bulgaria, Lukoil Neftohim, which is part of the country's critical infrastructure, is still in the hands of a country that has declared Bulgaria a hostile state. This opinion was shared by energy..
“The divergence between the monetary and the fiscal policy pursued by the government continues to be the main reason why Bulgaria does not meet all criteria yet for entering the Eurozone,” Lyubomir Karimansky, member of the Governing Council of the..
Germany remains Bulgaria's strongest economic partner. Trade between the two countries for 2024 amounts to EUR 12 billion, said Tim Kurth, President of the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce. At a ceremony held at the University of..
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