The Ministry of Finance (MF) has officially exhausted the legal capacity to issue new government debt for the current year under the terms of the current provisional budget
Economic.bg spoke with Dr. Mateusz Dadej, Head of Economic Research for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at Coface
Growth in the number of building permits issued in Bulgaria is slowing in the first quarter of 2026, according to data published this week by the National Statistical Institute
The budget deficit as of April now stands at €1.75 billion, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Finance. In just one month
Bulgaria is the country with the highest inflation in the eurozone for the past month and with a deficit exceeding the permitted 3% – exactly what I warned about
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For April, the budget deficit has been reduced to zero, so no funds from the Fiscal Reserve will be used to cover it. This was announced by acting Finance Minister Georgi Klissurski
Bulgaria is not automatically at risk of an excessive deficit procedure, but faces a real risk of entering a corrective procedure if it fails to adhere to the set expenditure trajectory
Funds for the Investment Program for Municipal Projects, as well as for the renovation of residential buildings (or so-called energy-efficient renovation), are earmarked and secured
The €1.4 billion returned to the state budget by the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) could be used for pensions, salaries, and investments
