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INDICATORS - Bulgaria - Updated May 29

(Updates with April PPI data) New items are marked by asterisk (*) -------------------------------------------------------------- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT Q1/09 Q4/08 FY/08 Q1/08 y/y pct chng -3.5 +3.5 +6.0 +7.0 bln levs 13.741 18.691 66.728 13.484 -------------------------------------------------------------- BULGARIAN CONSUMER PRICES APRIL/09 MARCH/09 APRIL/08 m/m pct change +0.7 -0.2 +0.9 y/y pct change +4.8 +4.9 +14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------- EU HARMONISED PRICE INFLATION APRIL/09 MARCH/09 APRIL/08 m/m pct change +0.5 -0.3 +0.7 y/y pct change +3.8 +4.0 +13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------- UNEMPLOYMENT RATE APRIL/09 MARCH/09 APRIL/08 monthly total 260,693 254,899 241,075 pct of workforce 7.04 6.88 6.51 -------------------------------------------------------------- *PRODUCER PRICE INFLATION APRIL/09 MARCH/09 APRIL/08 m/m pct change -0.8 +1.1 +0.3 y/y pct change -2.3 -1.1 +13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------- INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT MARCH/09 FEB/09 (revised) MARCH/08 m/m pct change +7.7 +5.6 +6.0 y/y pct change -17.1 -17.7 -1.1 -------------------------------------------------------------- INDUSTRIAL SALES MARCH/09 FEB/09 (revised) MARCH/08 m/m pct change +4.0 +4.4 +7.6 y/y pct change -20.7 -17.1 +2.5 -------------------------------------------------------------- GROSS FOREIGN DEBT (in million euros) END-MARCH/09 END-FEB/09 END-MARCH/08 (revised) GROSS FOREIGN DEBT 36,410.8 36,818.9 30,250.4 LONG-TERM DEBT 23,326.1 23,668.8 20,287.0 SHORT-TERM DEBT 13,084.7 13,150.1 9,963.4 PUBLIC DEBT&STATE GUARANTEED LOANS 3,981.0 4,016.0 3,854.2 PRIVATE FOREIGN DEBT 32,429.9 32,802.9 26,396.2 PUBLIC FOREIGN DEBT 2,586.0 2,623.9 2,804.7 COMMERCIAL BANKS DEBT 8,398.2 8,769.8 5,748.2 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORPORATE DEBT 12,172.1 12,161.5 10,503.5 FDI: INTER-FIRM DEBT 13,254.4 13,263.8 11,194.0 FOREIGN DEBT/PCT OF GDP 107.4 108.6 88.7 DEBT SERVICE/PCT OF GDP 6.0 3.7 6.3 SHORT-TERM/TOTAL DEBT (PCT) 35.9 35.7 32.9 -------------------------------------------------------------- BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (in million euros) MARCH/09 JAN-MARCH/09 JAN-MARCH/08 CURRENT ACCOUNT -379.4 -1,078.7 -1,980.1 TRADE BALANCE -320.8 -1,009.8 -1,778.7 exports, FOB 1,092.0 2,798.6 3,648.7 imports, FOB -1,412.8 -3,808.2 -5,427.4 SERVICES, net -19.5 -58.9 -243.2 INCOME, net -38.4 -128.4 -92.8 TRANSFERS, net change -0.6 118.3 134.6 FINANCIAL ACCOUNT* 383.2 -126.6 2,373.5 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 311.8 646.6 1,202.1 COUNTRY'S ASSETS INVESTED ABROAD, net chng** 366.4 264.8 812.7 BNB FOREX RESERVES, net** 120.6 1,006.8 142.9 OVERALL BALANCE -120.6 -1,006.8 -142.9 C/A DEFICIT AS PCT/GDP n.a 3.2 5.8 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. -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------- * The Finance ministry has made the following forecasts for major economic indicators for 2009 and 2008. The projections are subject to revision. 2007 indicators had been announced by the statistics office, the central bank and the finance ministry: 2009 2008 2007 Budget balance, (pct/GDP) +3.0 +3.0 +3.7 GDP real growth, pct -2.0 +6.0 +6.2 GDP bln levs n.a. 66.739 56.520 EU HARMONISED CPI (end-year) +2.0-4.0 +7.2 +11.6 EU HARMONISED CPI (average) +6.7 n.a n.a Current account deficit (pct/GDP) +15-17 25.3 25.1 FDI (bln euro) 5.37 6.16 8.49 -------------------------------------------------------------- To access the following types of news and information on the Reuter Terminal, use the mouse to click on the codes in brackets. Country codes............... Bulgaria country code.......... Economic indicator news....... Reuters News At a Glance (GLCE.PK - news) ... Bulgarian markets - Reuters speed guide..... -------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords: ***INDICATORS BULGARIA*** Keywords: ***INDICATORS BULGARIA*** (Sofia newsroom; tel:+ 359-2-939-97-30, fax +359-2-939-97-92)

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