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Minister Emil Karanikolov: The business climate in the country has marked a 2.8 percent improvement since the beginning of the year

Emil Karanikolov
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The business climate in the country has marked a 2.8 percent improvement since the beginning of the year, said Minister of Economy Emil Karanikolov at a hearing at the National Assembly on the business climate in the country.

Minister Karanikolov announced that according to National Statistical Institute data a growth has been registered in all sectors – industry, construction, retail trade and services. The business climate in industry has marked a 0.7 increase and this is due to the optimistic forecasts regarding enterprises in the coming 6 months. At the same time entrepreneurs’ export and productive activity forecasts for the past three months are also more favourable, Minister Karanikolov said. 



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