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Bulgarian economy: the start of a slowdown
The main growth drivers reached an inflection point in Q1 2023

How did Bulgaria get so expensive?
Record costs of essential foods have been driven by uncertainty in the supply chain, speculation, rising wages and inelastic demand

The week: A tragedy worth uniting for, Plovdiv mayor announces independence and the US ambassador leaves
The better angels of our nature

Will Lukoil continue dominating Bulgaria’s petrol market despite sanctions?
The war in Ukraine and the EU embargo on Russian oil won’t impact the giant’s hegemony

Rents going up more slowly than housing prices
Home rents increase, following the rise in mortgage payments, incomes and inflation.

Dangerous games with state money
The caretaker cabinet unveiled shocking expectations for high deficit and debt bills in the 2023 budget

The week: A few remarks before the new Parliament begins, how not to build highways, and an economist to follow
Penny (or kopeika) for your thoughts

The risks in front of Bulgaria’s 2023 budget
With or without a regular government in place, the new parliament can vote on Budget 2023 but probably it will not have the will to cut spending

Bulgaria to suffer weaker growth, higher inflation over war in Ukraine
Exports to Russia and Ukraine account for only 2.4% of Bulgaria’s total, but supply chains have been destroyed

If Only We Could Predict Inflation or Why there are no super-wealthy economists
Should the fixed income market turn out to be correct once again, and should recession loom, inflation talk will not only cease but we will yearn for a return to price growth once businesses collapse and unemployment soars

The week: Call them by their names, planes to Skopje and Bangkok, and the Recovery plan is back
F-16 are not on the horizon, while trains are

Bulgaria’s budget 2022: too generous and risky
The finance ministry proposed a draft budget for 2022 with a deficit equivalent to 4.1% of planned GDP and significant debt growth

Five forecasts for Bulgaria’s housing market in 2022
Most expectations are for more of the same, but rising interest rates and soaring prices of construction materials might cool down the sector

Yanis Varoufakis: Bulgaria's entry into the eurozone would be a mistake
The thinker, writer and ex-Greek finance minister talks to K Insights on the EU and why the Recovery and Resilience package was a mistake

Seven reasons why Bulgaria’s economic growth slowed down
The statistics office reported a surprisingly low 0.4% GDP growth rate in the third quarter of 2021

Inflation is here and it will stay
High prices of raw materials and energy for business have already hit consumers