In 1997, Bulgaria was hit by a severe economic and financial crisis that led to a sharp drop in GDP and personal incomes, a collapse of the country's banking sector and major foreign exchange problems.
Bugarsku je 1997. godine pogodila ozbiljna ekonomska i finansijska kriza koja je dovela da oštrog pada BDP-a i ličnih primanja, kolapsa bankarskog sektora u zemlji i velikih problema sa deviznim kursom.