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In the fourth quarter of 2022, as well as in the previous three quarters of last year, more than 75% of Bulgarians have difficulty covering their daily expenses, according to the results of a recent study by the National Statistical Institute.

In one respect at least, the current health crisis presents a major opportunity, as it has served as a springboard for the digital reorganization of the state.

Numerous procedures and services that took up so much time in citizens' day-to-day lives have gone online since the start of the epidemic as a result of measures to restrict people's movements.

The turnover indices in services cover the activities included in sections 'Transportation, storage and post', 'Information and communication' and 'Other business services', the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a press release.

The wholesale trade turnover (except for trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased in 2019, as gross series, by 5.7 percent compared to last year, according to the data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Monday.

Despite an enduringly high unemployment rate, one in three Greek businesses struggles to fill vacancies, with 11 professions facing particularly intense shortages, according to the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).

In the first parliamentary confrontations, the new government majority has displayed a political culture quite different from that which dominated in the recent past. The type and style of the confrontations were markedly different.

In January 2019, the total business climate indicator increases by 1.9 percentage points compared to December 2018 amid improvement in industry, construction and the services sector, the National Statistical Institute said.

U.S. companies have sent home over half a trillion dollars of cash they held overseas in 2018 to take advantage of tax changes, but data suggest the pace is slowing, potentially removing a key source of support for Wall Street.

Turkish manufacturing activity expanded in December 2017 for the 10th consecutive month, as increases in rates of new orders, hiring and output all remained robust, a business survey showed on Jan. 2.

Greek retail sales by volume declined 0.8 percent in September compared to the same month a year ago after an upwardly revised 0.8 percent increase in August, statistics service ELSTAT said on Thursday.

Retail sales were led lower by fuels, lubricants, pharmaceutical products, tobacco, foods and beverages, the data showed.