Consumer survey
| Contact | |
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| Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
| Contact organisation unit | Statistics on Tourism and Business surveys Department |
| Contact name | Hristina Terziyska |
| Contact person function | State expert |
| Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Contact email address | |
| Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 628 |
| Contact fax number | |
| Metadata update | |
| Metadata last certified | 01 August 2023 |
| Metadata last posted | 01 August 2023 |
| Metadata last update | 01 August 2023 |
| Statistical presentation | |
| Data description | The consumer survey contains standardized questions about the financial situation of households, general economic situation in the country, inflation, unemployment, saving, intentions of making major purchases on durable goods or purchasing/building a home or buying a car. The proposed options of answers give an opportunity to arrange them from optimistic, through neutral to pessimistic. The survey results are used to capture the direction of change of observed variables incl. "the consumer confidence level", which gives an opportunity to analyze the tendencies in the development of public opinions on significant economic phenomena in the country. |
| Classification system | Respondents are categorized by 5 criteria: income, economic activity, education, age and gender. |
| Sector coverage | The object of the survey are the persons aged 18 and over in Republic of Bulgsria. The sample method is random, clustered, and proportional to the population by regions, incl. urban/rural inhabitants. |
| Statistical concepts and definitions | According to the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and Consumer Surveys, the consumer confidence indicator is an arithmetic mean of the balances of the assessments and expectations about the financial situation of households, expectations about general economic situation in the country and the intentions to make major purchases of durable goods. The proposed answer options are presented in a five-point category scale. The obtained results are in the form of balances, which are calculated as the difference between the relative shares of positive and the relative shares of negative opinions with the following feature: strongly positive and strongly negative opinion is given coefficient 1, and for the more moderately positive and more moderately negative opinions - coefficient 0.5. |
| Statistical unit | Units of observation are households and their members. |
| Statistical population | Reference population of the survey - the permanent population of the Republic of Bulgaria aged 18 years and more. |
| Reference area | Total for the territory of Republic of Bulgaria. |
| Time coverage | Time series of data are published from 2001 (at Information System INFOSTAT of the National Statistical Institute). |
| Base period | Not applicable. |
| Unit of measure | |
Balance and percentage. | |
| Reference period | |
Quarter. | |
| Institutional mandate | |
| Legal acts and other agreements |
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| Data sharing | The indicators are provided to state institutions in accordance with the requirements of concluded agreements. |
| Confidentiality | |
| Confidentiality - policy | The confidentiality of the individual data of interviewed persons in the consumer survey is guaranteed by:
(http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:0164:0173:bg:PDF)
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| Confidentiality - data treatment | Individual data from the survey are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the Law on Statistics and Rules for provision of anonymized individual data for scientific and research purposes (https://old.nsi.bg/bg/node/575). |
| Release policy | |
| Release calendar | The date of publication of statistical information is indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. The data are announced in the first week after the reference period. |
| Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://old.nsi.bg/en/node/488 |
| User access | Consumer surveys data are published on the NSI website, section "Business Statistics" - "Business Surveys" in accordance with the Law on Statistics (Chapter 5) and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers. The access to the results of the statistical surveys of all users and equality of their rights are regulated in the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services of the National Statistical Institute. |
| Frequency of dissemination | |
Quarterly. | |
| Accessibility and clarity | |
| News release | NSI publishes regular press releases "Consumer survey" in the first week after the reference period. |
| Publications | Analytical publication "Bulgaria 2011 - statistical panorama". |
| On-line database | Quarterly Consumer survey results are available in the informational system for online statistical queries INFOSTAT: Topic "Business Statistics", Subtopics "Business Surveys": https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=33. |
| Micro-data access | Not applicable. |
| Other | Information services on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services by the NSI https://old.nsi.bg/bg/node/564/. |
| Documentation on methodology | Manual to the Joint harmonized EU programme of business and consumer surveys. |
| Quality documentation | Not applicable. |
| Quality management | |
| Quality assurance | The applied statistical practice of providing data is according to the harmonized European Union programme for business and consumer surveys. |
| Quality assessment | It is performed according to the standard criteria for quality assessment - applicability, accuracy and reliability, timeliness, comparability and coherence. |
| Relevance | |
| User needs | Main users of the data are national and international organizations and institutions. |
| User satisfaction | The users' satisfaction survey is not carried out. |
| Completeness | Consumer survey in the Republic of Bulgaria covers all mandatory variables, according to the general harmonized program of the European Union. |
| Accuracy and reliability | |
| Overall accuracy | The sample used for the survey is two-stage cluster sample The sample size is 1232 persons aged 18 years and over for each quarter. Due to the sampling approach used in the survey, results are subject of errors which attributable to sample, as well as other errors relating to the inability to be interviewed some of the units in the sample, error in registration of responses, processing, and others. |
| Sampling error | The survey is a sample and calculates the coefficient of variation, standard error or confidence interval. |
| Non-sampling error | Like any statistical survey and consumer survey may contain non-sampling errors that arise at different stages of the study. Such errors are basically:
In order to reduce non-sampling errors:
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| Timeliness and punctuality | |
| Timeliness | The NSI presents information about survey in the first week after the reference period. |
| Punctuality | The data are disseminated according to the planned schedule. |
| Coherence and comparability | |
| Comparability - geographical | The data are prepared at national level. |
| Comparability - over time | The data in the time series are comparable over time. |
| Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
| Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
| Cost and burden | |
1. Coordination between all departments and directorates in NSI about the participation of the respondents in other household surveys. 2. The questionnaire is structured so that to make it as easy as possible the respondents to complete it. 3. The average duration of the interview is about 10 minutes per respondent. | |
| Data revision | |
| Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
| Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
| Statistical processing | |
| Source data | Main data source are questionnaires. |
| Frequency of data collection | Quarterly. |
| Data collection | The data are collected using a questionnaire by conducting a personal interview with the persons included in the sample. |
| Data validation | Data validation is performed at two levels:
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| Data compilation | The data processing is performed by developed application software. |
| Adjustment | Not applicable. |
| Comment | |
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...Consumer Survey, April 2025
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...Business Conjuncture, April 2025
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The main factors, limiting the activity of the enterprises remain the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, costs of materials and the competition in the branch.
...Business Conjuncture, March 2025
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The most serious difficulties for the business development in the sectors continue to be connected with the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch and insufficient demand.
...Business Conjuncture, February 2025
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The uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch and insufficient demand remain the main obstacles for the activity of the enterprises in the sectors.
...Consumer Survey, January 2025
In January 2025, the total consumer confidence indicator drops by 7.3 percentage points compared to October 2024, which is due to the decreased confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants - by 5.2 and 12.6 percentage points respectively.
...Business Conjuncture, January 2025
In January 2025, the total business climate indicator remains to its level from December 2024. An increase of the indicator is observed in the construction, in industry preserves approximately its level from the previous month, and in retail trade and in service sector a reduction is registered.
The most serious difficulties for the business development in the sectors remain connected with the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch and costs of materials.
...Business Conjuncture, December 2024
In December 2024, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.7 percentage points in comparison with the previous month. An increase of the indicator is observed in the industry, retail trade and in the service sector. Only in the construction a reduction is registered.
The main problems for the activity in the sectors remain the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch and costs of materials.
...Business Conjuncture, November 2024
In November 2024, the total business climate indicator preserves its October level. An improvement of the indicator is registered in the industry, in the retail trade remains on its level from the previous month, and in construction and in service sector a decrease is observed.
Тhe uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, costs of materials and competition in the branch continue to be the main factors limiting the business development in the sectors.
...Consumer Survey, October 2024
In October 2024, the total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 3.8 percentage points in comparison with July (from -8.4% to -12.2%). A decrease of the consumer confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants - by 3.3 and 5.0 percentage points respectively is reported.
...Business Conjuncture, October 2024
In October 2024, the total business climate indicator decreases by 5.6 percentage points in comparison with September, as a reduction of the indicator is registered in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
The most serious problems for the business development in the sectors remain the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, costs of materials and competition in the branch.
...Business Conjuncture, September 2024
In September 2024, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.0 percentage point compared to the previous month, as a result of the more unfavourable business climate in the industry sector.
The uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch, insufficient demand and costs of materials continue to be the main factors limiting the business development in the sectors.
...Business Conjuncture, August 2024
In August 2024, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.5 percentage points in comparison with July. A growth of the indicator is observed only in the industry, while in the construction, retail trade and service sector a reduction is registered.
The main problems for the activity of the enterprises in the sectors remain connected with the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch, insufficient demand and costs of materials.
...Consumer Survey, July 2024
In July 2024, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 5.6 percentage points compared to its April level (from -14.0% to -8.4%). An improvement of the consumer confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants – by 4.5 and 8.8 percentage points respectively is reported.
...Business Conjuncture, July 2024
In July 2024, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.5 percentage points compared to the previous month. A reduction of the indicator is observed in industry, construction and retail trade, and in service sector preserves approximately its June level.
The uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch, insufficient demand and costs of materials continue to be the main factors limiting the business development in the sectors.
...Business Conjuncture, June 2024
In June 2024, the total business climate indicator decreases by 0.9 percentage points in comparison with May, which is due to the unfavourable business climate in the retail trade and in the service sector.
The most serious difficulties for the activity of the enterprises in the sectors remain connected with the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch, costs of materials and insufficient demand.
...Business Conjuncture, May 2024
In May 2024, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.6 percentage points compared to the previous month. An improvement of the indicator is observed in the construction, retail trade and service sector, while in the industry a reduction is registered.
The uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch, costs of materials and the insufficient demand continue to be the main obstacles to business development in the sectors.
...Consumer Survey, April 2024
In April 2024, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 1.5 percentage points in comparison with January (from -15.5% to -14.0%). An increase of consumer confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants - by 1.3 and 1.6 percentage points, respectively, is reported.
...Business Conjuncture, April 2024
In April 2024, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.8 percentage points in comparison with March, as a growth of the indicator is registered in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
The most serious obstacles for the activity of the enterprises in the sectors remain connected with the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch, costs of materials and insufficient demand.
...Business Conjuncture, March 2024
In March 2024, the total business climate indicator remains approximately to its February level. An increase of the indicator is observed in the retail trade and service sector, while in the industry and construction a reduction is registered.
The uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch, insufficient demand and costs of materials continue to be the main factors limiting the business development in the sectors.
...Business Conjuncture, February 2024
In February 2024, the total business climate indicator preserves approximately its level from the previous month. An increase of the indicator is observed in the industry, while in the construction and retail trade preserves its level from January. Only in the service sector, a reduction is registered.
The most serious obstacles for the activity of the enterprises in the sectors remain connected with the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch, costs of materials and insufficient demand.
...Consumer Survey, January 2024
In January 2024, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 6.7 percentage points compared to its October 2023 level. An increase of consumer confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants - by 8.8 and 2.0 percentage points, respectively, is reported.
...Business Conjuncture, January 2024
In January 2024, the total business climate indicator increases by 3.0 percentage points in comparison with December 2023, as a growth of the indicator is registered in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
The uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch, insufficient demand and costs of materials continue to be the main factors limiting the business development in the sectors.
...Business Conjuncture, December 2023
In December 2023, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.8 percentage points compared to the previous month, which is due to the unfavourable business climate in the construction, retail trade and service sector. Only in the industry, the indicator preserves approximately its November level.
The main difficulties for the activity in the sectors remain the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch and costs of materials.
...Business Conjuncture, November 2023
In November 2023, the total business climate indicator remains approximately to its October level. An increase of the indicator is observed in the construction and service sector, while in the industry, a decrease is observed. Only in the retail trade, the indicator preserves its level from the previous month.
The main obstacles for business development in the sectors are connected with the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch and costs of materials.
...Consumer Survey, October 2023
In October 2023, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 3.3 percentage points in comparison with July (from -25.5% to -22.2%), as for the urban population the increase is 0.5 percentage points and for the rural population - 9.8 percentage points.
...Business Conjuncture, October 2023
In October 2023, the total business climate indicator decreases by 2.7 percentage points compared to the previous month. A reduction of the indicator is observed in the industry, construction and retail trade, while in the service sector, an increase is registered.
The uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch and costs of materials remain the most serious difficulties for the business development in sectors.
...Business Conjuncture, September 2023
In September 2023, the total business climate indicator preserves approximately its August level. A reduction of the indicator is observed in the service sector, while in the industry and construction preserves its level from the previous month. Only in the retail trade, an increase is registered.
The main obstacles to the activity of the enterprises in sectors are the uncertain economic environment, shortage of labour, competition in the branch and costs of materials.
...Business Conjuncture, August 2023
In August 2023, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.0 percentage point compared to the previous month. More unfavourable business climate is observed in industry, retail trade and service sector, while in construction an increase is registered.
The uncertain economic environment remains the main problem for the activity of the enterprises in all sectors.
...Consumer Survey, July 2023
In July 2023, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 3.2 percentage points compared to its April level (from -28.7% to -25.5%), which is entirely due to the increased confidence among the urban population.
...Business Conjuncture, July 2023
In July 2023, the total business climate indicator remains to its level from June. An increase of the indicator is observed in the retail trade and service sector, while in the industry, a reduction is registered. Only in the construction, the indicator preserves its level from the previous month.
The most serious difficulties for the business development in all sectors continues to be the uncertain economic environment.
...Business Conjuncture, June 2023
In June 2023, the total business climate indicator preserves approximately its level from the previous month. An improvement of the indicator is registered in retail trade, in the industry remains on its May level, and in construction and service sector a decrease is observed.
The main problem for the activity in all sectors remain the uncertain economic environment.
...Business Conjuncture, May 2023
In May 2023, the total business climate indicator increases by 4.0 percentage points compared to April as a growth of the indicator is registered in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and in services.
The main obstacle for the business development continues to be connected with the uncertain economic environment.
...Consumer Survey, April 2023
In April 2023, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 4.2 percentage points in comparison with January. An increase of consumer confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants - by 3.1 and 7.0 percentage points, respectively, is reported.
...Business Conjuncture, April 2023
In April 2023, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.7 percentage points in comparison with the previous month. An improvement of the indicator is registered in the industry, while in the construction and service sector, a reduction is observed. Only in the retail trade, the indicator preserves its March level.
The uncertain economic environment remains the main difficulty for the activity of the enterprises in all sectors.
...Business Conjuncture, March 2023
In March 2023, the total business climate indicator preserves its level from February. A reduction of the indicator is registered in industry, retail trade and service sector, and in construction, an increase is observed.
The uncertain economic environment remains the most serious problem for the business development in all sectors.
...Business Conjuncture, February 2023
In February 2023, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.4 percentage points compared to the previous month. An improvement of the indicator is observed in industry, construction and service sector, and in retail trade preserves its level from January.
The uncertain economic environment remains the main difficulty for the activity of the enterprises in all sectors.
...Consumer Survey, January 2023
In January 2023, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 4.0 percentage points compared to October 2022, as for the urban population the increase is 4.9 percentage points and for the rural population - 1.8 percentage points.
...Business Conjuncture, January 2023
In January 2023, the total business climate indicator preserves approximately its December 2022 level. An increase of the indicator is registered in industry and retail trade, while in construction and service sector is observed a reduction.
The uncertain economic environment continue to be the main factor limiting the activity in all sectors.
...Business Conjuncture, December 2022
In December 2022, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.0 percentage point compared to November. An increase of the indicator is observed in industry and retail trade, in construction preserves its level, and in service sector, a reduction is registered.
In all sectors, the most serious problem for the business development remains the uncertain economic environment.
...Business Conjuncture, November 2022
In November 2022, the total business climate indicator increases by 3.5 percentage points in comparison with the previous month. A growth of the indicator is registered in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and in services.
In all sectors, the uncertain economic environment remains the main obstacle for the activity of the enterprises.
...Consumer Survey, October 2022
In October 2022, the total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 0.6 percentage points in comparison with July, which is due entirely to the decreased confidence among the urban population.
...Business Conjuncture, October 2022
In October 2022, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.7 percentage points compared to September. A reduction of the indicator is observed in industry, retail trade and service sector, and only in construction an improvement is registered.
In all sectors, the factor, limiting with the most extend the enterprises’ activity remains the uncertain economic environment.
...Business Conjuncture, September 2022
In September 2022, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.8 percentage points in comparison with the previous month.
An increase of the indicator is observed in industry, retail trade and service sector. Only in construction, the business climate is decreased.
In all sectors, the most serious problem for the business development remains the uncertain economic environment.
...Business Conjuncture, August 2022
In August 2022, the total business climate indicator decreases by 3.4 percentage points compared to the previous month.
More unfavourable business climate is registered in industry, retail trade and service sector, and in construction the indicator preserves its level from July.
The uncertain economic environment remain the main factor limiting the activity in all sectors.
...Consumer Survey, July 2022
In July 2022, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 3.0 percentage points compared to its April level, which is mainly due to the increased confidence among the urban population.
...Business Conjuncture, July 2022
In July 2022, the total business climate indicator remains approximately to its level from the previous month. An increase of the indicator is observed in industry and retail trade, in service sector preserves its level from June, and in construction a reduction is registered.
...Business Conjuncture, June 2022
In June 2022, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.4 percentage points compared to the previous month as an improvement of the indicator is observed in industry, construction and retail trade.
...Business Conjuncture, May 2022
In May 2022, the total business climate indicator decreases by 0.7 percentage points in comparison with April as a result of the more unfavourable business climate in industry, construction and retail trade.
...Consumer Survey, April 2022
In April 2022, the survey shows an increase in pessimism in consumers’ assessments and expectations in comparison with January. The total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 4.9 percentage points compared to its level 3 months ago, which is due to the decreased confidence among both rural and urban inhabitants - by 5.7 and 4.6 percentage points, respectively.
...Business Conjuncture, April 2022
In April 2022, the total business climate indicator increases by 4.2 percentage points compared to the previous month. An improvement of the indicator is observed in industry, retail trade and service sector, and in construction a reduction is registered.
...Business Conjuncture, March 2022
In March 2022, the total business climate indicator decreases by 4.8 percentage points in comparison with February as a result of the unfavourable business climate in industry, retail trade and service sector.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in February 2022
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...Business Conjuncture, February 2022
In February 2022, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.4 percentage points compared to the previous month. An improvement of the indicator is observed in industry, retail trade and service sector, and in construction a reduction is registered.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in January 2022
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...Consumer Survey, January 2022
In January 2022, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 1.7 percentage points in comparison with October 2021, as for the urban population the increase is 0.7 percentage points and for the rural population - 4.1 percentage points.
...Business Conjuncture, January 2022
In January 2022, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.5 percentage points in comparison with December 2021 as a growth of the indicator is registered in industry, construction and retail trade.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in December 2021
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Business Conjuncture, December 2021
In December 2021, the total business climate indicator increases by 2.6 percentage points compared to the previous month. An improvement of the indicator is observed in construction, retail trade and service sector, and in industry is registered a reduction.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in November 2021
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...Business Conjuncture, November 2021
In November 2021, the total business climate indicator decreases by 2.2 percentage points in comparison with its October level as a result of the worsened business climate in construction, retail trade and service sector.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in October 2021
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...Consumer Survey, October 2021
In October 2021, the survey shows an increase of the pessimism in consumers’ assessments and expectations in comparison with July. The total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 10.8 percentage points compared to its level 3 months ago, which is due to the decreased confidence among both rural and urban inhabitants - by 11.9 and 10.2 percentage points, respectively.
...Business Conjuncture, October 2021
In October 2021, the total business climate indicator decreases by 2.3 percentage points compared to the previous month. More unfavourable business climate is registered in industry, retail trade and service sector, while in construction the indicator preserves its September level.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in September 2021
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...Business Conjuncture, September 2021
In September 2021, the total business climate indicator decreases by 2.4 percentage points in comparison with August. A reduction of the indicator is observed in industry, construction and retail trade, and in service sector preserves approximately its level from the previous month.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in August 2021
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...Business Conjuncture, August 2021
In August 2021, the total business climate indicator decreases by 2.3 percentage points compared to the previous month, which is due to the worsened business climate in industry, retail trade and service sector.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in JuLy 2021
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...Consumer Survey, July 2021
In July 2021, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 3.5 percentage points compared to its April level. An increase of consumer confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants - by 3.1 and 4.7 percentage points, respectively, is reported.
...Business Conjuncture, July 2021
In July 2021, the total business climate indicator remains at its June level. An improvement of the indicator is observed in construction and retail trade, in service sector preserves approximately its level from the previous month, and in industry is registered a reduction.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in June 2021
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Business Conjuncture, June 2021
In June 2021, the total business climate indicator decreases by 4.0 percentage points in comparison with the previous month, as a reduce of the indicator is registered in industry and construction.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in May 2021
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in April 2021
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Business Conjuncture, May 2021
In May 2021, the total business climate indicator increases by 12.4 percentage points compared to as a result of the positive managers’ opinions in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
...Consumer Survey, April 2021
In April 2021, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 2.7 percentage points compared tо its January level, as for the urban population the increase is 2.4 percentage points and for the rural population - 2.7 percentage points.
...Business Conjuncture, April 2021
In April 2021, the total business climate indicator remains approximately to its level from the previous month. A reduction of the indicator is observed in industry and construction, in retail trade preserves its level from March, and in service sector, an increase is registered.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in March 2021
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Investment Activity in Industry, March 2021
The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in March 2021 shows that in 2020 the expenditures for acquiring fixed tangible and intangible assets in industry are by 8.7% less compared to 2019. The plans of industrial enterprises in 2021 are for a decrease of investments by 15.5% in comparison with the previous year.
...Business Conjuncture, March 2021
In March 2021, the total business climate indicator increases by 2.1 percentage points compared to February as a result of the increased indicator in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in February 2021
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Business Conjuncture, February 2021
In February 2021, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.8 percentage points in comparison with the previous month. An improvement of the business conjuncture is registered in construction and service sector, while in industry and retail trade the indicator remains approximately to its January level.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in January 2021
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Consumer Survey, January 2021
In January 2021, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 4.1 percentage points in comparison with October 2020. An increase of consumer confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants by 3.1 and 7.6 percentage points respectively is reported.
...Business Conjuncture, January 2021
In January 2021, the total business climate indicator increases by 6.9 percentage points compared to December 2020 as a growth of the indicator is registered in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and in services.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the epidemic situation in December 2020
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Business Conjuncture, December 2020
In December 2020, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.7 percentage points in comparison with the previous month. A reduction of the indicator is observed in retail trade and in service sector, in construction preserves its level from November, and in industry an increase, is registered.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in November 2020
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Business Conjuncture, November 2020
In November 2020, the business conjuncture in the country is assessed as unfavourable. The total business climate indicator decreases by 4.1 percentage points compared to its October level, as a reduce of the indicator is registered in construction and retail trade.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in October 2020
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Investment Activity in Industry, October 2020
The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in October 2020 shows that the entrepreneurs expect the investments in the current year to be with 20.9% less in comparison with the previous 2019. The forecasts over 2021 are for a decrease of the volume of investments in industry by 7.6% compared to 2020.
...Consumer Survey, October 2020
In October 2020, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 0.8 percentage points compared to its level 3 months ago, which is due entirely to the increased confidence among the urban population.
...Business Conjuncture, October 2020
In October 2020, 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 con...
Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in September 2020
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Business Conjuncture, September 2020
In September 2020, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.8 percentage points compared to August as a result of the improved managers’ opinions in the retail trade.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in August 2020
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country due to COVID-19.
...Business Conjuncture, August 2020
In August 2020, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.5 percentage points in comparison with the previous month, which is due to the more favourable business climate in service sector.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in July 2020
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency in the country due to COVID-19.
...Consumer Survey, July 2020
In July 2020, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 3.3 percentage points in comparison with April, as for the urban population the increase is 2.7 percentage points and for the rural population - 4.5 percentage points.
...Business Conjuncture, July 2020
In July 2020, the total business climate indicator increases by 2.5 percentage points compared to the previous month. An increase of the indicator is observed in retail trade and in service sector, in industry preserves its level from the June 2020, and in construction, a reduction is registered.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in June 2020
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency in the country due to COVID-19.
...Business Conjuncture, June 2020
In June 2020, the total business climate indicator increases by 11.4 percentage points in comparison with the previous month which is due to more favourable business climate in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the state of emergency in May 2020
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency in the country due to COVID-19.
...Consumer Survey, April 2020
In the context of state of emergency in the country in April 2020, the survey shows an increase of the pessimism in consumers’ assessments and expectations in comparison with January. The total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 17.4 percentage points compared to its level 3 months ago, which is due to the decreased confidence of both rural and urban inhabitants by 18.5 and 17.0 percentage points respectively.
...Business Conjuncture, May 2020
In May 2020, the business conjuncture in the country marks a positive change in comparison with the last three months. The total business climate indicator increases by 11.8 percentage points compared to April as a result of the positive managers’ opinions in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the state of emergency in April 2020
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency in the country due to COVID-19.
...Business Conjuncture, April 2020
In the context of state of emergency in the country in April 2020, the NSI business surveys indicate a deterioration of business conjuncture in all observed sectors. The total business climate indicator drops by 41.7 percentage points compared to its level from the previous month, which is with 37.0 percentage points below the long-term average for the last l0 years, and with 4.4 percentage points above the long-term minimum registered in February 1997.
...Situation of the non-financial enterprises in the state of emergency in March 2020
Main results from the short business survey amongst the non-financial enterprises, aiming at presenting to the society and policy makers information on the economic effects from the declared state of emergency in the country due to COVID-19.
...Investment Activity in Industry, March 2020
The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in March 2020 shows that in 2019 the expenditures for acquiring fixed tangible and intangible assets in industry are preserved compared to 2018. However, the plans of industrial enterprises in 2020 are for a decrease of investments by 21.8% in comparison with the previous year.
...Business Conjuncture, March 2020
According to the NSI business inquiries in March 2020, carried out in the period 2.03 - 18.03.2020, the total business climate indicator decreases by 3.7 percentage points in comparison with February. A reduction of the indicator is registered in industry, retail trade and service sector.
...Business Conjuncture, February 2020
In February 2020, the total business climate indicator decreases by 0.8 percentage points compared to the previous month as a result of the more unfavourable business climate in retail trade and service sector.
...Consumer Survey, January 2020
In January 2020, the total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 0.5 percentage points in comparison with its October 2019 level, which is due entirely to the decreased confidence among the urban population.
...Business Conjuncture, January 2020
In January 2020, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.4 percentage points in comparison with December 2019, which is due to the improved business conjuncture in industry.
...Business Conjuncture, December 2019
In December 2019, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.9 percentage points compared to the previous month as a result of the indicators’ improvement in industry, construction and service sector.
...Business Conjuncture, November 2019
In November 2019, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.2 percentage points in comparison with October which is due to the improved conjuncture in construction and retail trade.
...Investment Activity in Industry, October 2019
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.
...Consumer Survey, October 2019
In October 2019, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 1.1 percentage points in comparison with July, as for the urban population the increase is 1.0 percentage point and for the rural population - 1.6 percentage points.
...Business Conjuncture, October 2019
In October 2019, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.4 percentage points compared to the previous month as a result of the more unfavourable conjuncture in industry, construction and retail trade.
...Business Conjuncture, September 2019
In September 2019, the total business climate indicator preserves its level from the previous month. An improvement of the indicator is observed in construction, retail trade and service sector, as only in industry a reduction is reported.
...Business Conjuncture, August 2019
In August 2019, the business conjuncture in the country is assessed as unfavourable. The total business climate indicator decreases by 3.1 percentage points compared to its July level as reduction of the indicator is registered in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
...Consumer Survey, July 2019
In July 2019, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 0.8 percentage points compared to its level 3 months ago, which is due entirely to the increased confidence among the urban population.
...Business Conjuncture, July 2019
In July 2019, the total business climate indicator remains approximately to its level from the previous month. A reduction of the business conjuncture is observed in industry and construction, while in retail trade preserves its June level. Only in service sector, the indicator is increased.
...Business Conjuncture, June 2019
In June 2019, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.3 percentage points in comparison with May as a result of the more unfavourable business climate in industry, construction and service sector.
...Business Conjuncture, May 2019
In May 2019, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.3 percentage points compared to the previous month, which is due to the improved business conjuncture in construction and retail trade.
...Consumer Survey, April 2019
In April 2019, the total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 0.7 percentage points in comparison with January, which is due entirely to the decreased confidence among the urban population.
...Business Conjuncture, April 2019
In April 2019, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.9 percentage points compared to March. An improvement of the business conjuncture is registered in industry, construction and service sector, while in retail trade the indicator preserves approximately its level from the previous month.
...Investment Activity in Industry, March 2019
The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in March 2019 shows that in 2018 the expenditures for acquiring fixed tangible and intangible assets in industry are by 5.1% less in comparison with 2017. The plans of industrial enterprises in 2019 are for a decrease of investments by 7.3% compared to the previous year.
...Business Conjuncture, March 2019
In March 2019, the total business climate indicator preserves approximately its February level as an improvement is registered only in retail trade.
...Business Conjuncture, February 2019
In February 2019, the total business climate indicator remains to its level from the previous month. An improvement of the business conjuncture is observed in construction and service sector, while in retail trade preserves approximately its January level. Only in industry, the indicator is reduced.
...Consumer Survey, January 2019
In January 2019, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 1.9 percentage points compared to its October 2018 level, as for the urban population the increase is 1.0 percentage point and for the rural population - 2.9 percentage points.
...Business Conjuncture, January 2019
In January 2019, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.9 percentage points in comparison with December 2018 which is due to the improved business climate in industry, construction and service sector.
...Business Conjuncture, November 2018
In November 2018, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.6 percentage points in comparison with October, which is due to the improved business conjuncture in industry and retail trade.
...Investment Activity in Industry, October 2018
The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in October 2018 shows that the entrepreneurs expect the investments in the current year to be with 12.7% less in comparison with the previous 2017. The forecasts over 2019 are for a decrease of the volume of investments in industry by 8.7% compared to 2018.
...Consumer Survey, October 2018
In October 2018, the total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 3.2 percentage points in comparison with to July, which is due to the decreased confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants.
...Business Conjuncture, October 2018
In October 2018, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.9 percentage points compared to the previous month as a result of the more unfavourable conjuncture in the industry, retail trade and service sector.
...Business Conjuncture, September 2018
In September 2018, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.5 percentage points in comparison with August, which is due to the more unfavourable business climate in construction and service sector.
...Business Conjuncture, August 2018
In August 2018, the business conjuncture in the country is assessed as unfavourable. The total business climate indicator decreases by 2.9 percentage points compared to its July level as a reduced of the indicator is registered in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
...Consumer Survey, July 2018
In July 2018, the total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 0.6 percentage points compared to its level 3 months ago which is due entirely to the decreased confidence among the rural population.
...Business Conjuncture, July 2018
In July 2018, the total business climate indicator remains approximately to its level from the previous month. An improvement of the business conjuncture is registered in construction, retail trade and service sector. Only in industry, a reduction is observed.
...Business Conjuncture, June 2018
In June 2018, the total business climate indicator decreases by 0.9 percentage points in comparison with the previous month as a result of the unfavourable business climate in construction and service sector.
...Business Conjuncture, May 2018
In May 2018, the business conjuncture in the country continues to improve. The total business climate indicator increases by 2.1 percentage points compared to April and reaches new long-term maximum (33.1%) since 2009.
...Consumer Survey, April 2018
In April 2018, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 1.8 percentage points compared to its January level. An increase of consumer confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants by 1.0 and 4.1 percentage points respectively is reported.
...Business Conjuncture, April 2018
In April 2018, the total business climate indicator increases by 2.8 percentage points in comparison with the previous month as a growth of the indicator is registered in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
...Investment Activity in Industry, March 2018
The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in March 2018 shows that in 2017 the expenditures for acquiring fixed tangible and intangible assets in industry are by 7.4% more in comparison with 2016. Plans of industrial enterprises in 2018 are for a decrease of investments by 6.6% compared to the previous year.
...Business Conjuncture, March 2018
In March 2018, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.7 percentage points compared to February. An improvement of the business conjuncture is registered in construction and retail trade, while in industry preserves to its level from the previous month. Only in service sector, the indicator is reduced.
...Business Conjuncture, February 2018
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.
...Consumer Survey, January 2018
In January 2018, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 1.1 percentage points in comparison with its October 2017 level, which is due entirely to the increased confidence among the urban population.
...Business Conjuncture, January 2018
In January 2018, the total business climate indicator increases by 2.6 percentage points compared to December 2017. An improvement of the business conjuncture is registered in industry and service sector, while in construction and retail trade the indicator remains approximately to its level from the previous month.
...Business Conjuncture, December 2017
In December 2017, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.6 percentage points compared to November. More unfavourable business climate is registered in industry, construction and service sector, while in retail trade preserves approximately its level from the previous month.
...Business Conjuncture, November 2017
In November 2017, the total business climate indicator remains approximately to its level from the previous month. An improvement of the business conjuncture is registered in industry and retail trade, while in service sector preserves its October level. Only in construction, the indicator is reduced.
...Investment Activity in Industry, October 2017
The investment business inquiry of NSI carried out among industrial enterprises in October 2017 shows that the entrepreneurs expect the investments in the current year to be with 9.5% less in comparison with the previous 2016. The forecasts over 2018 are for a decrease of the volume of investments in industry by 4.8% compared to 2017.
...Consumer Survey, October 2017
In October 2017, the total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 0.7 percentage points compared to July which is due to the reduced confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants.
...Business Conjuncture, October 2017
In October 2017, the business conjuncture in the country is assessed as unfavourable. The total business climate indicator decreases by 1.8 percentage points compared to its September level as a result of the reduced managers’ expectations in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
...Business Conjuncture, September 2017
In September 2017, the total business climate indicator decreases by 0.8 percentage points in comparison with August which is due to the more unfavourable business climate in construction, retail trade and service sector. Only in industry, an increase of the indicator compared to the previous month is observed.
...Business Conjuncture, August 2017
In August 2017, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.5 percentage points compared to the previous month as a result of the improved business climate in retail trade and service sector. In industry, a decrease of the indicator is observed, while in construction it remains approximately to July level.
...Consumer Survey, July 2017
In July 2017, the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 1.6 percentage points in comparison with its April level. An increase of consumer confidence among both urban and rural inhabitants by 1.2 and 2.8 percentage points respectively is observed.
...Business Conjuncture, July 2017
In July 2017, the total business climate indicator decreases by 1.4 percentage points in comparison with June, but continue to be above to its long-term average (by 7.8 percentage points). More unfavourable business climate is registered in construction, retail trade and service sector, while in industry an increase of the indicator is observed.
...Business Conjuncture, June 2017
In June 2017, the total business climate indicator decreases by 0.7 percentage points compared to the previous month as a result of the unfavourable managers’ opinions in industry and services.
...Business Conjuncture, May 2017
In May 2017, the total business climate indicator increases by 3.2 percentage points in comparison with April as a growth of the indicator is registered in all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and services.
...Consumer Survey, April 2017
In April 2017 the total consumer confidence indicator decreases by 1.6 percentage points compared to its level 3 months ago which is due entirely to the decreased confidence among the urban population.
...Business Conjuncture, April 2017
In April 2017, the total business climate indicator increases by 0.7 percentage points compared to the previous month as a result of the improved managers’ opinions in construction and retail trade.
...Investment Activity in Industry, March 2017
According to the survey data, in 2016 the expenditures for acquiring fixed tangible and intangible assets in industry are by 1.6% less in comparison with 2015. Plans of industrial enterprises in 2017 are for a decrease of investments by 7.4% compared to the previous year.
...Business Conjuncture, March 2017
In March 2017 the total business climate indicator increases by 2.9 percentage points in comparison with February which is due to the improved business climate in industry, construction and retail trade.
...Business Conjuncture, February 2017
In February 2017 the total business climate indicator preserves approximately its level from the previous month. An improvement of the business conjuncture is registered in construction and service sector, while in industry and retail trade a reduction is observed.
...Consumer Survey, January 2017
In January 2017 the total consumer confidence indicator increases by 2.5 percentage points in comparison with its October 2016 level as for the urban population the increase is 3.3 percentage points and for the rural population - 0.6 percentage points.
...Business Conjuncture, January 2017
In January 2017 the total business climate indicator increases by 0.8 percentage points in comparison with December 2016 which is due to the improved business climate in industry and service sector.
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