Monday June 29, 09:37 AM
INDICATORS - Bulgaria - Updated June 29
(Updates with May PPI data)
New items are marked by asterisk (*)
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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 13.961 18.691 66.728 13.484
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BULGARIAN CONSUMER PRICES MAY/09 APRIL/09 MAY/08
m/m pct change -0.3 +0.7 +0.5
y/y pct change +3.9 +4.8 +15.0
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EU HARMONISED PRICE INFLATION MAY/09 APPIL/09 MAY/08
m/m pct change +0.0 +0.5 +0.9
y/y pct change +3.0 +3.0 +14.0
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE MAY/09 APRIL/09 MAY/08
monthly total 262,097 260,693 229,133
pct of workforce 7.08 7.04 6.19
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*PRODUCER PRICE INFLATION MAY/09 APRIL/09 MAY/08
m/m pct change +0.3 -0.8 +0.7
y/y pct change -3.2 -2.3 +13.6
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INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT APRIL/09 MARCH/09 (revised) APRIL/08
m/m pct change -4.7 +8.0 -0.6
y/y pct change -20.0 -16.9 +8.9
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INDUSTRIAL SALES APRIL/09 MARCH/09(revised) APRIL/08
m/m pct change -3.8 +3.7 -1.2
y/y pct change -20.7 -20.0 +8.3
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GROSS FOREIGN DEBT
(in million euros)
END-APRIL/09 END-MARCH/09 END-APRIL/08
(revised)
GROSS FOREIGN DEBT 36,544.9 36,427.8 31,354.9
LONG-TERM DEBT 23,367.5 23,311.0 20,988.2
SHORT-TERM DEBT 13,187.4 13,116.7 10,366.7
PUBLIC DEBT&STATE
GUARANTEED LOANS 4,045.3 3,981.9 3,905.9
PRIVATE FOREIGN DEBT 32,509.6 32,445.9 27,448.9
PUBLIC FOREIGN DEBT 2,655.2 2,584.9 2,760.8
COMMERCIAL BANKS DEBT 8,464.7 8,399.4 6,468.8
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
CORPORATE DEBT 12,183.3 12,192.1 10,493.8
FDI: INTER-FIRM DEBT 13,251.7 13,251.3 11,631.5
FOREIGN DEBT/PCT OF GDP 107.9 107.5 91.9
DEBT SERVICE/PCT OF GDP 7.7 6.8 8.4
SHORT-TERM/TOTAL DEBT (PCT) 36.1 36.0 33.1
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BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
(in million euros)
APRIL/09 JAN-APRIL/09 JAN-APRIL/08
CURRENT ACCOUNT -418.3 -1,690.3 -2,777.6
TRADE BALANCE -464.9 -1,603.6 -2,541.8
exports, FOB 825.5 3,495.1 5,020.9
imports, FOB -1,290.5 -5,098.6 -7,562.6
SERVICES, net -6.9 -61.6 -322.3
INCOME, net -21.9 -219.8 -263.7
TRANSFERS, net change 75.5 194.7 350.3
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT* 158.5 278.6 3,817.7
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 205.0 955.4 1,924.3
COUNTRY'S ASSETS INVESTED
ABROAD, net chng** -173.1 130.6 960.1
BNB FOREX RESERVES, net** -5.1 1,001.7 -1,009.7
OVERALL BALANCE 5.1 -1,001.7 1,009.7
C/A DEFICIT AS PCT/GDP n.a 5.0 8.1
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 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) +1-3 +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) 3-4 6.16 8.49
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