Bulgaria will meet the final criterion of price stability for entry into the eurozone by January. After that, politicians are in charge, Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev has told BNT. "Politicians must try to get the final decision from the Council of the EU in 2025. The specific date for introducing the euro is a consequence of this decision and usually comes within 6 months," Radev said.
The average annual inflation for 2024 will be 2.6% and will slow down to 2.4% in 2025, according to the Autumn Macroeconomic Forecast of the Ministry of Finance. According to it, the economy will grow by 2.2% in 2024 and up to 2.8 and 3% in the next 2 years.
Bulgaria’s industry is being transformed in the direction of high added value productions, reads an analysis by the Institute for Market Economics. This tendency is best manifested in computer science, electronics and optics which account for the..
Acceleration of inflation to 1.1% in October compared to the previous month was registered by the National Statistical Institute. On an annual basis, the index is 1.8 percent. In October, the prices of goods and services for..
A working group comprising representatives of employers, trade unions and government experts is discussing the proposals of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy for introducing a new mechanism to determine the minimum wage. This is happening a day..
Bulgarian exports are expected to grow by 5.8% annually after Bulgaria joins the eurozone. Trade in goods could increase by 3.3%, and in the services..
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