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Bulgaria’s balance of payments for May positive after two months of deficit

In May this year Bulgaria’s current account registered a positive balance after two consecutive months of deficit, Bulgarian National Bank data indicate.

However, the positive balance amounts to a mere 82.1 million euro. By way of comparison, in May 2017, the surplus stood at 235.4 million euro. The country’s balance of trade in May was again negative, amounting to 317 million euro, as against a deficit of 107.2 million euro one year ago. 




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