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The cost of living for a normal family of two adults and two children, the figure needed is 2045 leva per month.

Cost per household of four in Bulgaria is 511.25 leva, and to live a normal family of two adults and two children, it needs 2045 per month. This shows the monitoring of consumer prices and cost of living of Independent Trade Unions in December 2010.

The increase in food prices is one reason for the increase in cost of living in Bulgaria by 1.8% compared to September 2010 and by 6.4% a year, said Luben Tomev of the Confederation.

Monitoring of the union is on an annual basis and compared with the previous quarter. Data from it show that the group "
Bread and cereals"
increase for the quarter is 1.6 percent and 6.4 percent per year. Flour is appreciated dramatically year by 25.2%. Milk and dairy products have increased by 11.8% .

The increase in the price of cheese is 19% and fresh yoghurt and an average of 11 percent. Animal and vegetable oils have risen annually by 34.1 percent by the surge in oil is 42.2% and butter at 17.9%.

Group 'Vegetables and vegetable cans is appreciated by 15.6 percent last quarter and over is 12.1% increase. In Non-food goods increase on an annual basis is 4.8 per cent. Most dramatic is the rise of tobacco products by 36.2% .

Consistently rising costs associated with maintenance of housing, heating and lighting. The group "
Housing rents"
appreciation was 7.7 percent and the cost of lighting, heating and energy rose by 10.5% per year. Substantial price rise is also in the group "
gasoline, diesel and motor oils - with 21 per cent annually.

rather extortionate rises for anyone, let alone for bulgarians, who compared to most countries receive low salaries, these rises can only make life harder than it was already, thats not good news.

starlite wrote:

rather extortionate rises for anyone, let alone for bulgarians, who compared to most countries receive low salaries, these rises can only make life harder than it was already, thats not good news.

What will prices do when BG join the Euro currency?? Every country that has joined has seen prices escalate after taking on the Euro.

itchyfeet wrote:

starlite wrote:

rather extortionate rises for anyone, let alone for bulgarians, who compared to most countries receive low salaries, these rises can only make life harder than it was already, thats not good news.

What will prices do when BG join the Euro currency?? Every country that has joined has seen prices escalate after taking on the Euro.

A dam good reason for not joining.........

tonyb60 wrote:

itchyfeet wrote:

starlite wrote:

rather extortionate rises for anyone, let alone for bulgarians, who compared to most countries receive low salaries, these rises can only make life harder than it was already, thats not good news.

What will prices do when BG join the Euro currency?? Every country that has joined has seen prices escalate after taking on the Euro.

A dam good reason for not joining.........

There is still a strong likelihood that the Euro will fall apart and the EU as well. Many people would like to believe that could not happen because it will cause an uproar everywhere and in everything, but if it does, there will be nothing to join. At least Germany will be a lot better off.

Novinite

Bulgaria Registers January Y/Y Skyrocketing Price Hike

The wholesale prices of most produce in Bulgaria went up again in January.
The January 2011 index of wholesale prices went up by 1.22 points, compared to December 2010, according to data from the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Market Places.

Sugar, flour, milk products and some meat products are up 3% to 5% in January, compared to the previous month;
rice, cooking oil, chicken meat are up 1% to 2.5%;
price of beans, lentils and pork meat is down 2%;
price of ground meat and eggs remains unchanged.

In January 2011, compared to the same month of the previous year, cooking oil price is up 46%, flour – 32%, lentils – 26.5%, milk products – 20%-30%;
fish and chicken meat – 10%-11%;
sugar – 4%.

Prices of eggs, meat products, ground meat, beans, and rice register a reduction of anywhere between 25% and 4%.

Regarding produce, garlic prices are up 15% in January, compared to the previous month;
greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers – up 14%;
potatoes and cabbage – up 8%;
bananas – up 8%;
apples – up 3%. Tangerines and lemons are down 7%.

On annual basis, price of garlic is up 115%;
potatoes – up 44%;
cabbage – 9%;
greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers – 33% and 14% respectively;
apples – 11%;
bananas – 16%.

Only tangerines and lemons register a price reduction compared to January 2011 – 10% and 13% respectively.

Novinite

Experts: Bulgarian Inflation Rate Climbed Above 4%

Bulgaria's year on year inflation rate has risen above 4%, according to a report released on Monday by experts from the Bulgarian Center for Economic Development.

Upon comparing December 2010 with December 2009, all inflation gauges show that the prices in Bulgaria have gone up with more than 4% - 4.5% according to the consumer price index (compared to 0.6% in 2009), 4.4% according to the harmonized index of consumer prices and 4.2% according to the small inflation basket.

In 2011, the consumer prices in Bulgaria will still be dictated by the cautious final consumption, the report says. Since there are no significant increases in store for the internationally and the administratively regulated prices, the inflation for 2011 is expected to be around 3%.

The rise in unemployment has been slowing down, according to the experts. The third quarter of 2010 saw a 5% decrease in the number of employed year on year, compared with 6.5% and 7.3% during the second and first quarter respectively. In the third quarter, the unemployment rate dropped to 9.5%.

The report expects a slight increase in the Bulgarian unemployment rate in 2011, the expected percentage of registered unemployed being 8.5-9%