The Bulgarian National Bank held an auction for the sale of securities with 3-year maturity at a 3% interest rate. At the auction, the Ministry of Finance offered bonds worth EUR 150 million. Interest will be paid once in 6 months, with the loan principal being paid with the last payment. Commissions worth a total of EUR 182,45 million were asdmitted. 81% of the bonds were purchased by banks, 9% by insurance companies, 8% by pensions and guarantee funds and 2% by other investors. This is the third auction for 2024, with the new debt budgetary threshold being EUR 5.9 billion. The sum the treasury actually needs will be EUR 4.86 if the deficit does not exceed the EUR 2.97 billion set down.
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 total quarterly income on average per person in a household in the second quarter of 2024 was 1,644.32 EUR and increased by 20.5% compared to the same period in 2023 , NSI data show. At the same time, the average three-month..
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