The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in October 2019 shows that the entrepreneurs expect the investments in the current year to be with 10.5% less in comparison with the previous 2018. The forecasts over 2020 are for a decrease of the volume of investments in industry by 9.1% compared to 2019.
According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the third quarter of 2019 is 3.7% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
In the third quarter of 2019 the unemployment rate was 3.7%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 76.3%.
The consumer price index in October 2019 compared to September 2019 was 100.8%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.8%.
In the period January - August 2019 the Bulgarian exports to the EU grew by 3.6% compared to the same period of 2018 and amounted to 25 790.2 Million BGN while the imports from the EU increased by 2.4% and reached 26 970.6 Million BGN.
In August 2019 the exports to the EU decreased by 4.0% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year and amounted to 3 160.6 Million BGN while the imports increased by 5.2% and added up to 3 127.9 Million BGN.
In the period January - September 2019 the exports of goods from Bulgaria to third countries increased by 3.4% compared to the same period of 2018 and amounted to 13 613.5 Million BGN while the imports of goods from third countries decreased by 6.9% and added up to 15 387.9 Million BGN.
In the period January - September 2019 the total value of all exported goods to third countries and EU amounted to 42 636.7 Million BGN, which is 3.2% more than the same period of 2018, while the total value of all imported goods from third countries and EU added up to 45 599.0 Million BGN and dropped by 1.1%.
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2019 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.7% as compared to the end of June 2019 and reached 2.31 million.
In the third quarter of 2019 in comparison with the second quarter of 2019 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.9% getting 1 249 BGN.
In September 2019, 2 924 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 131.6 thousand and the bed-places were 294.7 thousand. In comparison with September 2018, the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) increased by 2.9%, and the bed-places in them - by 0.8%.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in September 2019 was 3 097.1 thousand, or by 2.3% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year.
The total revenues from nights spent in September 2019 reached 166.7 million BGN or by 1.5% more compared to September 2018.
According to the preliminary data, in September 2019 the index of production in section ‘Construction’ calculated on the base of seasonally adjusted data was 1.1% above the level of the previous month. In September 2019 the working day adjusted index of production in construction increased by 6.9% in comparison with the same month of 2018.
According to the preliminary seasonally adjusted data in September 2019 the turnover in ‘Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles’ at constant prices increased by 0.3% compared to the previous month.