According to the preliminary data, in August 2015 the index of production in section ‘Construction’ calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data was 1.0% below the level of the previous month. In August 2015 the working day adjusted index of production in construction decreased by 0.4% in comparison with the same month of 2014.
According to the preliminary seasonally adjusted data in August 2015 the turnover in ‘Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles’ at constant prices decreased by 0.8% compared to the previous month.
According to the preliminary data the Industrial Production Index, seasonally adjusted, increased by 0.1% in August 2015 as compared to July 2015. In August 2015 the working day adjusted Industrial Production Index rose by 4.3% in comparison with the same month of 2014.
In July 2015 compared to June 2015 an increase of the production of solid fuels - by 38.3%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 11.1%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 2.6%, transport diesel - by 8.9%, and electricity - by 12.3%, is reported. No change for the production of natural gas is reported.
In July 2015 compared to June 2015 an increase of the deliveries of solid fuels - by 37.4%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 6.1%, transport diesel - by 22.4%, and electricity - by 12.4%, is reported. At the same time a decrease of the deliveries of unleaded motor gasoline - by 8.5% and natural gas - by 3.0%, is reported.
Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in August 2015 decreased by 1.3% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2014 the domestic prices fell by 1.8%. Total Producer Price Index in August 2015 declined by 1.9% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2014 the prices went down by 2.9%.
In September 2015 the total business climate indicator decreases by 2.9 percentage points compared to August due to the more unfavourable business climate in industry, construction and retail trade.
In August 2015, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 512.0 thousand or by 11.3% above the registered in August 2014. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in August 2015 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 44.2%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purposes - 41.9%, and with professional purpose - 13.9%.
In August 2015, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 1 729.6 thousand or by 2.3% above the level of August 2014. An increase was registered in the trips with other purposes - by 6.4% and with holiday and recreation purpose - by 0.4%, while these with professional purpose decreased by 3.4%.
In 2013, Bulgaria spent 14 452.6 million BGN for social protection. Тo finance social protection in the country, 7 690.8 million BGN were allocated from the state budget while the receipts of social protection contributions amounted to 7 746.0 million BGN.
Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 6.8% compared to the second quarter of 2014.