Inflation in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria - Inflation

Inflation comes in at highest level since May 1998 in June

Consumer prices increased 0.88% in June over the previous month, below May's 1.21% increase. Looking at the details of the release, prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages fell in June while prices for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels grew at a more moderate rate. Meanwhile, transportation prices expanded at a stronger pace.

Inflation came in at 16.9% in June, which was up from May’s 15.6%. June's result represented the highest inflation rate since May 1998. Meanwhile, annual average inflation rose to 9.3% in June (May: 8.1%). Finally, harmonized inflation rose to 14.8% in June, from May’s 13.4%.

FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast panelists project inflation to average 13.2% in 2022, which is up 1.2 percentage points from last month’s forecast, and 5.3% in 2023.

Bulgaria - Inflation Data

2015   2016   2017   2018   2019  
Inflation Rate (CPI, annual variation in %)-0.1  -0.8  2.1  2.8  3.1  

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Bulgaria Inflation
Note: Annual variation of consumer price index (CPI) in %.
Source: National Statistical Insitute (NSI) and FocusEconomics calculations

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Bond Yield0.400.0 %Dec 31

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