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Weekly bulletin 27.04 - 04.05.2012
07 май 2012
Bulgaria was the first in the European Union growth in retail sales in March, according to figures from Eurostat. According to euro-statistics in March compared to February they rose by 3.9 %, while in February fell by 3.9 % from January. After Bulgaria are ranked Poland with monthly increase in retail sales by 2.6 %, Austria - 1.9 % and Britain - also 1.9 %. On the other side was Portugal, where was registered the strongest monthly decline in retail sales (-2.2 %). It is followed by Estonia (-2 %) and Slovenia (-1.4 %). It is registered delay in the fall in retail sales in Bulgaria on annual basis. In March compared to March 2011 retail sales in Bulgaria fell by 1.8 %, while in February was recorded a decline of 6.4 %.
In the first quarter of this year registered unemployment reached 422,5 thousands, as the unemployment rate was 12.9 %. Compared with the first quarter of last year the unemployment rate increased by 0.7 percentage points, showed preliminary NSI data. For the first quarter of this year's economically active population in the country aged 15 to 64 years exceeds 3.2 million.
Collective investment schemes managed by the "UBB Asset Management" has presented along with the general market trend and recorded a growth as the leadership role took UBB Premium Equity with increase of 1.17 percent. Transactions concluded last week have intended to reach the set target weights for each of the positions in the portfolio.....more »
Tihomir Nenov, risk manager
