Economic Trends That Will Impact Bulgaria in 2024

Four leading Bulgarian economists highlight the most significant trends of 2023.

Largest metal producers: First signs of cool-down

The revenue growth of the top 30 companies in the sector slowed to 22% in 2022

Euphoria Fading on Bulgaria's Housing Market

After peaking in 2021-2022, transactions and, construction permits are now declining, and price growth is slowing down

Bulgaria’s Largest Textile Companies: Slight Recovery after Weak Years

In 2022, the combined revenue of the top 25 companies in the sector increased by 19%.

The day in 3 news: EU vote sends 6 billion euro to Bulgaria; Industrial production still falls but at slower pace; National holiday stays on March 3

The day in 3 news: Banks: GDP will grow, inflation will fall; Offshore energy again on path to regulation; Health ministry bust-up

Machines and equipment: Growth in high gear

The revenue of the top 70 manufacturers rose by 26% to over 15 billion levs in 2022

The biggest construction companies: boom in real estate, slump in road building

The top 40 companies have an average revenue growth of just 4%, unlike all other thriving sectors

The day in 3 news: All parties bought votes; Retail numbers static; Industrial production slows

The week: Varna’s promise, Sofia’s divide, WCC's suspicious Brussels move, BG Football's dictator moment

K insights newsletter: 10.11

The day in 3 news: Vivacom eyes rival Bulsatcom; Exports down 5.5 billion levs; Lukoil reaps one billion euro for Russia

Bulgaria's Euro Ambitions: Tackling Inflation for Eurozone Entry

Bulgaria's government is targeting January 1, 2025, as the date for adopting the euro. A potential stumbling block could be the price stability criterion

The week: No country for new dogs

What Plovdiv teaches us about Bulgaria, 50 Shades of grey money, and some horror (thankfully, on the screen)

The biggest Bulgarian energy companies: war tastes like money

Bulgarian housing prices soar as Eurozone ones fall for the first time in years

Records double-digit growth of prices fueled by a housing loan boom meets plummeting demand

The day in 3 news: Radev criticizes Renewable Energy Act; Water rationing in Lovech; Inflation falls in September

The day in 3 news: Maximum insurance base to go up, "No security threat to Bulgaria," say leaders, Imports and exports decline

The day in 3 news: Security boost after Israel crisis; Industrial production down; Nearly 40% more attempts at illegal entry in 2023

Bulgaria posts 780 mln levs budget gap at end-September

Lower imports dent VAT revenues, extra spending is allocated to agriculture

Biggest companies in Bulgaria: state-owned energy giants are forever

The revenue of the 100 largest companies in Bulgaria has increased more than 5 times in two decades