Friday August 28, 09:32 AM
INDICATORS - Bulgaria - Updated Aug 28
(Updates with July PPI data)
New items are marked by asterisk (*)
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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
Q2/09 Q1/09 FY/08 Q2/08
y/y pct chng -4.8 -3.5 +6.0 +7.1
bln levs 15.83 13.96 66.73 15.94
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BULGARIAN CONSUMER PRICES JULY/09 JUNE/09 JULY/08
m/m pct change -0.6 -0.4 +1.5
y/y pct change +1.6 +3.7 +14.5
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EU HARMONISED PRICE INFLATION JULY/09 JUNE/09 JULY/08
m/m pct change -0.1 +0.1 +1.4
y/y pct change +1.0 +2.6 +14.4
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE JULY/09 JUNE/09 JULY/08
monthly total 282,000 270,136 220,879
pct of workforce 7.62 7.29 5.96
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* PRODUCER PRICE INFLATION JULY/09 JUNE/09 JULY/08
m/m pct change -0.9 +0.2 +2.9
y/y pct change -9.0 -5.1 +15.4
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INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT JUNE/09 MAY/09 (revised) JUNE/08
m/m pct change +6.9 -0.9 +3.1
y/y pct change -18.7 -22.0 +4.2
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INDUSTRIAL SALES JUNE/09 MAY/09(revised) JUNE/08
m/m pct change +4.7 -1.4 +2.9
y/y pct change -24.1 -23.9 +5.0
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GROSS FOREIGN DEBT
(in million euros)
END-JUNE/09 END-MAY/09 END-JUNE/08
(revised)
GROSS FOREIGN DEBT 36,925.2 36,869.1 33,608.4
LONG-TERM DEBT 23,752.7 23,600.0 21,524.6
SHORT-TERM DEBT 13,172.5 13,269.1 12,083.8
PUBLIC DEBT&STATE
GUARANTEED LOANS 4,131.3 3,994.6 3,954.1
PRIVATE FOREIGN DEBT 32,793.9 32,874.5 29,654.2
PUBLIC FOREIGN DEBT 2,761.6 2,629.4 2,715.0
COMMERCIAL BANKS DEBT 8,397.8 8,530.9 7,884.4
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
CORPORATE DEBT 12,330.6 12,367.9 11,182.6
FDI: INTER-FIRM DEBT 13,435.1 13,340.9 11,826.4
FOREIGN DEBT/PCT OF GDP 109.0 108.8 98.5
DEBT SERVICE/PCT OF GDP 10.1 8.5 11.1
SHORT-TERM/TOTAL DEBT (PCT) 35.7 36.0 36.0
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BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
(in million euros)
JUNE/09 JAN-JUNE/09 JAN-JUNE/08
CURRENT ACCOUNT -122.0 -2,130.1 -4,464.8
TRADE BALANCE -334.8 -2,379.9 -4,266.1
exports, FOB 997.1 5,396.1 7,736.7
imports, FOB -1,331.9 -7,776.1 -12,002.8
SERVICES, net 247.2 229.9 -19.5
INCOME, net -65.3 -308.8 -660.3
TRANSFERS, net change 30.9 328.7 481.1
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT* 336.6 1,011.6 6,270.0
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 392.5 1,563.0 3,272.6
COUNTRY'S ASSETS INVESTED
ABROAD, net chng** 5.9 110.7 177.4
BNB FOREX RESERVES, net** -146.2 888.2 -1,271.8
OVERALL BALANCE 146.2 -888.2 1,271.8
C/A DEFICIT AS PCT/GDP n.a 6.3 13.1
NOTES:(*) The financial account includes direct and portfolio
investment flows plus foreign loans to government structures
and the private sector less balance of payments support, which
is part of foreign exchange reserves. (**) A minus sign in
the entry denotes an increase, while a plus sign denotes a
decrease.
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CURRENCY BOARD FIXED EXCHANGE RATE
1.95583 levs per euro from July 5, 1999 CENTRAL BANK DAILY
LEV/DOLLAR REFERENCE EXCHANGE RATES USED FOR STATISTICAL AND
ACCOUNTING PURPOSES
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* The Finance ministry has made the following forecasts for
major economic indicators for 2009. The projections are
subject to revision. 2008 and 2007 indicators had been announced
by the statistics office, the central bank and the finance
ministry:
2009 2008 2007
Budget balance, (pct/GDP) 0.0 +3.0 +3.7
GDP real growth, pct -6.3 +6.0 +6.2
GDP bln levs 63.110 66.739 56.520
EU HARMONISED CPI (end-year) +1.8 +7.2 +11.6
EU HARMONISED CPI (average) +2.3 +11.9 +7.6
Current account deficit (pct/GDP) 11.0 25.3 25.1
FDI (bln euro) 3.0 6.16 8.49
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