Bulgaria's Economy Shrinks 5.8% Y/Y in Q3, 4.8% in Jan-Sept - Flash Estimate

The country's third-quarter GDP totalled 17.778 billion levs ($13.531 billion/9.089 billion euro) in current prices, NSI said in a statement.

Bulgaria's economy contracted by a real 4.8% on the year in the first nine months of 2009, compared to a 7.0% growth in the same period of 2008. The country's nine-month GDP reached 48.061 billion levs.

BULGARIA'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (y/y pct change real/bln levs):

(1 euro = 1.95583 Bulgarian levs)