The Institute for Market Economics has reported that it took 134 days for working Bulgarians to pay their debts to the treasury.
This day is almost always in the middle of May, economist Lachezar Bogdanov told BNR. According to him, there are big differences only in moments of crisis. "This is a measure of the total tax and social security burden in a country. This shows that Bulgaria is far from being some kind of tax or offshore paradise. We are not a country where the taxes are small. If you add up everything paid by business entities, citizens, property owners, everyone who carries out some kind of activity in the country, in fact a considerable burden is revealed, which is certainly more than 1/3 of what we create", Bogdanov said.
For the first half of 2024, the fast loans reached over 3 billion euros, according to the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) . In comparison, at the end of June 2023, the granted quick loans totalled 2.5 billion euros. According to the..
Natural gas prices are expected to decrease by around 2% in September, according to a forecast by Bulgargaz. This is clear from the request submitted to the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC). The company informs that next month, the..
The unemployment rate in Bulgaria stood at 5.41% in July, the National Employment Agency says. 152,844 is the number of unemployed persons registered last month, and 14,542 started work. An increase in the number of job vacancies has been..
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has slightly lowered its growth forecasts for the regions in which it invests. Bulgaria's..
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