Total Producer Price Index in January 2018 increases with 0.8% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2017 the prices rose by 4.1%. Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in January 2018 increases by 1.0% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2017 the domestic prices grew by 5.6%.
In February 2018, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.5 percentage points in comparison with the previous month. An improvement of the business conjuncture is registered in construction, while in industry slight reduction is observed. In retail trade and service sector the indicator preserves approximately to its January level.
The producer price index in agriculture in the fourth quarter of 2017 decreased by 4.7% in comparison with the same quarter of 2016. The crop output index decreased by 7.5%, while the prices of animal output went up - by 8.9%. In comparison with previous year the prices of agricultural output went down by 5.1% as result of the drop down of the prices in crop output - by 8.4% and rise up in animal output - by 7.5%
The index of prices of goods and services currently consumed in agriculture in the fourth quarter of 2017 increased by 2.0% compared to the same quarter of previous year and by 1.7% compared to 2016.
According to preliminary data during the fourth quarter of 2017 in comparison with the same period of 2016 there was a decrease both in the goods carried and in the transport performance by the freight land and water transport.
In the fourth quarter of 2017 the transported passengers and the transport performance by passenger transport (land, water and urban electrical transport) decreased compared to the same period of the previous year, respectively by 0.7% and 8.1%.
According to the preliminary data for the fourth quarter of 2017 the total turnover index in section ‘Transportation, storage and post’, calculated on the basis of seasonally adjusted data increased by 1.0% compared to the third quarter of 2017. In section ‘Information and communication’ the turnover index grew by 2.6%.
In the fourth quarter of 2017, 1 329.7 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority (85.2%) of them travelled only within the country, 11.1% - only abroad and 3.7% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2016 the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over increased by 59.5%.
The total income average per household member during the fourth quarter of 2017 is 1 449 BGN and increases by 9.3% compared to the same quarter of 2016.
The total expenditure average per household member during the fourth quarter of 2017 is 1 368 BGN and increases by 13.2% in comparison to the same quarter of 2016.
The consumption of main food products average per household member during the fourth quarter of 2017 changes compared to the same quarter of 2016.
According to the preliminary data of the NSI, the consumer price index in January 2018 compared to December 2017 was 100.3%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.3%.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2017 increased by 0.6% in the EU-28 compared to the previous quarter by seasonally adjusted data. For the same period GDP in Bulgaria increased by 0.8%.
In the fourth quarter of 2017 the unemployment rate was 5.6% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.1%.