November 14 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's economy expanded by 3.0% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2018, after growing by 3.4% in the previous quarter, flash data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) showed on Wednesday.
On a quarterly comparison basis, Bulgaria's GDP growth slowed to 0.5% in the third quarter of 2018, from 0.8% in the second quarter, according to the NSI data.
Calculated in current prices, Bulgaria's GDP totalled 29 billion levs ($16.7 billion/14.8 billion euro) in the second quarter of the year.
GDP components (pct change):
|
Q3 y/y |
Q3 q/q |
GDP |
3.0 |
0.5 |
Final consumption |
6.9 |
1.4 |
Gross fixed capital formation |
6.2 |
-2.3 |
Exports |
-3.2 |
2.2 |
Imports |
5.1 |
0.3 |
source: NSI
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)