The average monthly salary in the country has exceeded BGN 1,000 (EUR 511) in all regions, indicate data of the Institute for Market Economics. However, there are still small municipalities with lower incomes where some population groups..
The Institute for Market Economics, IME, presented its traditional alternative budget for 2022, the first time it is doing so without the existence of a new budget framework. The cabinet has projected inflation of 5%, GDP growth of 4.9% and a budget..
2020 was the perfect social experiment, a serious stress test for the entire social system in the country, analysts from the Institute for Market Economics say. Back then, in the space of three weeks, around 90,000 people in Bulgaria..
Infringements have been ascertained in one third of the more than 1,500 public procurement procedures , amounting to 1.2 billion Leva, which have undergone review, according to the Institute for Market Economics which cites the 2020 annual report..
Covid-19 has been the most frequently used word in the past year. Meanwhile, Bulgaria’s cabinet has allocated substantial amount of money to support the sectors impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, it is time to take stock of this..
In the space of ten years – from 2009 to 2019 – the population of Sofia has increased by almost 80,000 , economist Adrian Nikolov from the Institute for Market Economics said during an online presentation of an analysis of the economic and social..
In the context of Covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 state budget must focus on a package of brave and bold structural reforms and promote investments, employment and productivity, experts from the Institute for Market Economics are advising. The..
A surplus to the tune of EUR 450 million has been registered in Bulgaria’s state budget in the first nine months of 2020. A lot of money is to be spent in the last months of 2020 for another consecutive year. The big surplus is due to capital..
The effect of the economic crisis on the labour market in the past few months varies in the different parts of the country, indicates an analysis by the Institute for Market Economics. Regions where, as a rule, labour market dynamics are less..
“After Covid-19 there will be jobs that will probably disappear which will not to be restored,” said Adrian Nikolov from the Institute for Market Economics for the BNR. The number of newly registered unemployed is 38,000, an increase of..
