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Industry Watch released its regular report on cost of labor (Biggest Cities Review, Winter 2007).
From the demand standpoint, state administration would “steal” not that many specialists but rather a lot of people suitable to medium skill-set positions – i.e. personnel that is not required to possess any specialized knowledge, but rather basic skills like good communication, certain knowledge of English, quick adaptability, ...
Wages in state-owned enterprises and macroeconomic stability
The average monthly wages in state-owned enterprises in 2006 grew considerably faster than average wages in the country and are up to 30 % higher. However, the pressure for increasing wages of public sector employees has been recently accelerated. The lack of a common procedure for wage regulation would lead to unrelated to mark...
Industry Watch poll of forecasters envisages 5.7% economic growth in 2008.
2007 Growth RatesGDP 5.8Consumer prices 4.9Investments 16.4Exports 9.9Imports 13.2Budget surplus (% of GDP) 2.32008 Growth RatesGDP 5.7Consumer prices 3.9Investments 15.0Exports 10.2Imports 12.1Budget surplus (% of GDP) 1.6...
Industry Watch released its regular report on cost of labor (Biggest Cities Review, Fall 2006).
From the demand standpoint, state administration would “steal” not that many specialists but rather a lot of people suitable to medium skill-set positions – i.e. personnel that is not required to possess any specialized knowledge, but rather basic skills like good communication, certain knowledge of English, quick adaptability, ...
Effects of Trakia Highway Completion.
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Industry Watch released its 2007 forecast report (available for subscribers for download)
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Our latest report on cost of labor sees Plovdiv labor 25% cheaper than Sofia.
A new feature of the regular report on cost of labor “Biggest Cities Review” – a joint research with the survey agency “Vitosha Research” – is the regional comparison between the wages of the medium skill-set workers. Medium-skill set refers to the job positions which require certain skills and abilities (but no specialized know...
Industry Watch poll of forecasters envisages 6% economic growth in 2007.
This is the 6th time that we launch a macroeconomic forecasting poll among leading Bulgarian economists. That is the first independent source of economic forecast which can serve as benchmark for the outlook of the government and of the international institutions.This fall we update our spring forecast, based on poll among leadi...