National accounts

Annual inflation in Bulgaria for April 2023 compared to April 2022 is 11.6%, reports the NSI.

The quarterly total income on average per household person in the first quarter of 2023 was BGN 2,394 and increased by 19.3% compared to the same quarter of 2022.

BELGRADE - Serbia's real GDP was up by 0.7 pct y-o-y in Q1 2023, the Serbian national statistical office RZS said in a flash estimate released on Wednesday.

The RZS also said a more detailed GDP calculation for Q1 2023, performed at lower aggregation levels, would be published on May 31.

As elections approach and all parties present their vision for Greece, it would be useful if they stated their position on the vital issue of research and development in our country.

The Greek current account deficit fell by 3 billion euros in the January-February period this year compared with the corresponding period in 2022, to stand at €1.5 billion, the Bank of Greece said on Thursday. 

Türkiye's current account deficit came in at $8.78 billion in February, falling from a deficit of $10 billion in the previous month, data from the Central Bank have shown.

In February 2022, the balance of payments showed a current account gap of $5.3 billion.

BELGRADE - The Serbian economy has shown resilience in the face of strong headwinds from high food and energy prices, weak trading partner growth, and tight global financial conditions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday after its mission completed the first review under a stand-by arrangement with Serbia.

After two years of trade deficits propped up by high imports, Slovenia once again reported a monthly surplus in February though the trade balance remains negative for the first two months of the year.

In 2022, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, expressed in purchasing power standards (PPS), varied between 59 percent from the European Union average in Bulgaria and 261 percent in Luxembourg. This is shown by the latest data of the European statistical agency Eurostat, published yesterday on its official page and quoted by BTA.

The economy of Bulgaria has grown by 3.4% in 2022. This is shown by the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI). The expectations of the European Commission and the IMF were for a growth of 3.9%, but the statistics are subject to correction over time.

BELGRADE - Serbia's real GDP at constant prices was up by 0.4 pct y-o-y in Q4 2022, the Serbian national statistical office RZS said in a flash estimate released on Tuesday.

The RZS also said a more detailed GDP calculation for Q4 2022, performed at lower aggregation levels, would be published on February 28.