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The producer price index in agriculture in the third quarter of 2019 decreased by 4.6% in comparison with the same quarter of 2018. The crop output index decreased by 6.0% and the animal output index increased by 3.7%. In comparison with previous year, the prices of agricultural output went down by 2.0% as the decrease in crop output price index is by 3.4% and in animal output price index increase is by 2.8%.

The index of prices of goods and services currently consumed in agriculture in the third quarter of 2019 was by 0.9% higher compared to the same quarter of previous year and by 2.4% compared to 2018.

The total income average per household member during the third quarter of 2019 is 1 716 BGN and increases by 11.3% compared to the same quarter of 2018.

The total expenditure average per household member during the third quarter of 2019 is 1 583 BGN and increases by 4.3% in comparison to the same quarter of 2018.

The consumption of main food products average per household member change during the third quarter of 2019 compared to the same quarter of 2018.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2019 increased by 0.3% in the EU-28 compared to the previous quarter by seasonally adjusted data. For the same period, GDP in Bulgaria increased by 0.7%.

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.