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The economy is growing, except for agriculture
Under the best indicators for the economy in the last at least 100 years, in 2007 international analytical companies started the strongest after 1997 campaign for inducing “worries” about the risks before Bulgaria. Most of them point at the currency board as a factor for potential future risks, without saying what a central bank...
The Bulgarian economy in 2008
Overall economic dynamics Economic growth in the following year will be probably around 6.3% annually according to the Industry Watch regular poll among leading Bulgarian macroeconomists, which is organized twice a year. Although we expect faster consumer prices inflation (than the one forecasted in the spring), we do not see r...
Economic overview of 2007
Public finance On a macro level remained the question to what extent the government got used to making not anti-crisis budgets, but rather budgets in a state of rapidly developing economy. The regular growth of revenue accumulation and the realized significant surpluses in the recent years put a reasonable doubt into that. In 20...
Could the government control inflation
We must start with the clarification that by inflation the broad public understands the change in the consumer prices index (CPI). In this frame the monetary policy, creating money supply, is only one of the factors, having influence over prices (i.e. inflation, as perceived that way). So, why this year the NSI registered high ...
Is there a luxury housing market in Bulgaria
Considering frequent announcements in the electronic databases, offering “luxury” housing, the aforesaid question seems rather a rhetorical one. However, the majority of flats, advertised as luxury, are in fact common. In other words, the luxury housing segment in Bulgaria is still in its initial stage of development. Interpreta...
How much to invest in the Sofia traffic?
The Sofia municipality is planning to invest BGN 3 billion in order to improve the traffic in the city. However, it did not clarify what particular benefits these investments of public resources will pursue. Invested resources are taken from the taxpayers’ money. In order for them to make sense, they must raise public benefits. ...
Tax Wedge in Labor Costs Is Set at 35,5% for 2008.
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Are there “external risks” according to the balance of payments’ data
In the Budget 2008 statement the government declared its intentions to defend the economy from “external risks” via fiscal means. This is not a new understanding, although popular analyses and releases are focusing almost entirely on the current account deficit in the balance of payments. We must however tell the difference betw...

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