Financial economics

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Finance: Minimum Wage will remain at BGN 710 until 2025

The minimum wage will remain at the level of BGN 710 (EUR 363) until 2025, it is clear from the draft of the new medium-term budget forecast of the Ministry of Finance. It envisages a lower rate of annual growth of pensions - from July 1, 2023, it will be 9.1 percent, and in the coming years, the indexation will be respectively 6.9 and 5.4 percent.

Wall Street IPOs slow down due to uncertainties, volatility

As the first quarter of 2022 winds down, the IPO parade is ending with a whimper - there were no initial public offerings this week and just one last week.

After a banner 2021 for initial public offerings, the pace of new Wall Street arrivals has slowed considerably in an environment marred by market volatility, geopolitical turbulence and tightening monetary policy.

Wall Street IPOs slow down due to uncertainties, volatility

As the first quarter of 2022 winds down, the IPO parade is ending with a whimper - there were no initial public offerings this week and just one last week.

After a banner 2021 for initial public offerings, the pace of new Wall Street arrivals has slowed considerably in an environment marred by market volatility, geopolitical turbulence and tightening monetary policy.

Short-term external debt at $126 billion

Turkey's short-term external debt stock was at $125.6 billion at the end of December 2021, indicating an increase of 10.2 percent compared to the end of 2020, the country's Central Bank said.

Banks' short-term external debt stock decreased by 9.7 percent to $51.8 billion and other sectors' short-term external debt stock increased by 35.1 percent to $47.8 billion.

External assets reach $307 billion

Turkey's external assets stood at $307.4 billion in November, 2021, indicating an increase of 20.3 percent from the end of 2020, the Central Bank's the International Investment Position (IIP) data have shown.

Liabilities, on the other hand, against non-residents were $527.8 billion, risin 17.6 percent.

Turkey’s short-term external debt stock reaches $124.5 bln in September

Turkey's short-term external debt stock amounted to $124.4 billion as of end-September, the Central Bank revealed on Nov. 17.

The foreign debt that must be paid over the next 12 months posted a rise of 8.8% compared to the end of 2020, the bank said in a statement.

Skyrocketing Energy Prices Are Worse than Pandemic and Will Stay Longer

The crisis with surging prices of energy sources is worse and will take longer to be resolved compared to the Covid-19 pandemic slowdown and the supply bottlenecks for major industries, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said in an interview for CNBC.

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