The total quarterly income on average per person in a household in the second quarter of 2024 was 1,644.32 EUR and increased by 20.5% compared to the same period in 2023, NSI data show.
At the same time, the average three-month total expenditures per person in a household for the trimester was 1,444.91 EUR and increased by 18.8% compared to the same period in 2023. The data show that the earnings exceed the expenses of Bulgarian households by 199.4 EUR, the National Statistical Institute reports.
Employers are contesting the rise of the minimum wage. The Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association announced that they filed a complaint in the Supreme Administrative Court. About 430,000 people in the country work for minimum wage...
If the political crisis continues, the lost benefits will reach a threshold after which the Bulgarian business will begin to lose competitiveness due to growing deficits in education, healthcare, infrastructure, regional development and demographics...
We are moving towards the option of not having a quickly adopted budget for 2025, Lachezar Bogdanov, chief economist from the Institute for Market Economics, told BNR. In presenting the institute's alternative state budget, the..
With a growth of 2.2 percent, Bulgaria is among the top 6 countries in the EU, Caretaker Minister of Economy Petko Nikolov reported..
Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) Governor Dimitar Radev has met with EU ambassadors and discussed the country's upcoming accession to the..
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