Measures of national income and output

Investments (gross fixed capital formation) formed 16.6% of GDP. The external balance (exports - imports) is negative.

In the first quarter of 2017 gross value added of the total economy rises by 1.2%.

Turkey's 2015 GDP per capita has increased from $9,130 to 11,014 after the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) revised how it calculated the figure.

Around 80 million Turks got a nearly 20 percent boost to their average standard of living on Dec. 12 - on paper at least. 

The gross domestic product (GDP) of Bulgaria expanded by 3.5% between July and September compared to the same period of last year, national statistics show.

The national output for the third quarter of 2016 was also 0.8% bigger compared to the previous quarter, according to seasonally adjusted data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI).

The government is now obliged to include official figures and also deterioration that has been ongoing in the economy for a while. Serious revisions have been made in the Medium Term Program (OVP) targets released on the weekend.