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Bulgaria's Economical Growth To Reach Six Percent This Year

According to the forecast analisys of the Center for Economic Development, Bulgaria's economy is expected to reach a 6-percent growth in 2008. The statistics were announced on May 12th in the context of the regular quarterly report about the economical development of the country. This year's index is expected to exceed last year's growth ratio, officials from the CED told journalists.
According to the report, inflation will not be too high and in May and June even marks of deflation might occur. The ratio between this year's raise in prices of basic customer products and last year's increase will remain a double-digit figure. On the other hand, however, there are no reasons to expect a double-digit inflation for 2008. CED officials also reported that the last price increase of 2007 has just now affected the inflation ratio.
It is not certain how two of the most recent decisions made by the government are going to affect the economical situation in Bulgaria. The two-percent raise of the health insurance installments will not be enough to secure the national health care system. However, the main problem is not how much money will be provided, but how they will be sent. According to the co-chairman of the CED, the funds for heath care are not used the best way possible. The pension increase, on the other hand, has now been successfully secured by taxes collected from the business sector, but it is not sure how this will be guaranteed for next year.
In regards to the budget surplus for the first three months of 2008, CED expert pointed that the government showed once again an example for bad financial planning.