After years of steady growth and general government surpluses, Bulgaria was hit hard by the global turmoil and its economy shrank by 5% of GDP in 2009, the paper noted, citing the sharp fall in both external demand and foreign investment inflows.
Posle višegodišnjeg stabilnog rasta i opštih vladinih suficita, Bugarska je bila teško pogođena globalnim previranjima i njena ekonomija se smanjila za 5 odsto BDP u 2009. godini, navodi se u izveštaju i ukazuje na nagli pad i spoljne potražnje i priliva stranih investicija.