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Bulgaria Faces Junk Grade on Foreign Debt, Fitch Says (Update1) (Bloomberg) [Mar 05, 2010] March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member with the smallest budget deficit, may still see its credit rating lowered to junk as an external debt burden bigger than total output threatens financial stability, Fitch Ratings said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Faces Junk Grade on External Debt Concerns, Fitch Says (Bloomberg) [Mar 05, 2010] March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member with the smallest budget deficit, may still see its credit rating lowered to junk as an external debt burden bigger than total output threatens financial stability, Fitch Ratings said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Faces Junk Grade on External Debt Concerns, Fitch Says (Bloomberg) [Mar 05, 2010] March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member with the smallest budget deficit, may still see its credit rating lowered to junk as an external debt burden bigger than total output threatens financial stability, Fitch Ratings said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Budget Deficit Ups to BGN 500 M in Jan (Novinite.com) [Mar 02, 2010] Bulgaria's budget deficit in January almost equaled the gap for the entire 2009, but still remained lower than the initial forecasts of the new finance minister, official data showed on Tuesday. Bulgaria had a deficit of BGN 499 M in January versus BGN 498.9 M in 2009 as a whole. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-02 14:30 Delayed payments swell Bulgaria Jan budget deficit (Interactive Investor) [Mar 02, 2010] SOFIA, March 2 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's January budget deficit almost matched the entire 2009 shortfall as the government started to pay dues to transport and construction firms delayed from last year, finance ministry data showed on Tuesday. The EU's poorest member had a deficit of 499 million levs ($345.1 million) in January versus 529.5 million levs, or 0.8 percent of gross domestic product, in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

IMF Projects Bulgaria's Budget Deficit at 1,8% in 2010 (Novinite.com) [Mar 01, 2010] The International Monetary Fund expects Bulgaria?s budget deficit to stand at 1,8% of gross domestic product this year, which totals nearly BGN 1,2 B.... [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-01 11:24 UPDATE 1-IMF raises Bulgaria 2010 outlook, sees 0.2 pct growth (Interactive Investor) [Mar 01, 2010] SOFIA, March 1 (Reuters) - The IMF on Monday raised its outlook for Bulgaria's economy, forecasting growth of 0.2 percent this year, against a previous projection for a 2.5 percent contraction, as the global recovery had boosted exports. It also revised its forecast for Bulgaria's budget deficit this year to 1.8 percent of GDP, from 2.0 percent previously, the IMF's mission chief, Bas Bakker ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria with BGN 0,5 B Monthly Budget Deficit in January (Novinite.com) [Feb 11, 2010] Bulgaria?s budget deficit for January 2010 amounted to BGN 495 M, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria keeps budget deficit low with eye on eurozone (EARTHtimes.org) [Feb 01, 2010] Sofia- Bulgaria has kept the 2009 budget deficit to 0.8 per cent of gross domestic product despite the economic crisis and plans to limit it to 0.7 per cent in the current year, the Finance Ministry said Monday in Sofia. In real terms, the shortfall ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Confirms BGN 530 M 2009 Budget Deficit (Novinite.com) [Feb 01, 2010] The Bulgarian Finance Ministry has announced that Bulgaria?s budget deficit for 2009 was BGN 529,5 M or 0,8% of GDP. [via YahooNews] More >>