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.
Until the end of 2024, businesses will continue to receive compensations for high electricity prices. They will be 100% after a price of over 90 euros per megawatt hour on the stock exchange. The previous threshold was 100 euros. The..
Deposits in banks for the first quarter of 2024 have reached a record level of 75.4 billion euros. From January to March, deposits grew by EUR 1.35 billion or by 1.8%. The rise is mainly due to increased household deposits, the..
Although bilateral trade reached nearly $4 billion last year, there are still untapped opportunities to further increase Bulgarian exports to China. This was made clear at a meeting between the Minister of Economy and Industry, Mr. Petko Nikolov, and..
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