{"id":1478,"date":"2026-10-17T09:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5000.news\/bnb-prognoza-inflatsiya-2026-5-2-protsenta\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T09:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:32:56","slug":"bnb-prognoza-inflatsiya-2026-5-2-protsenta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/bnb-prognoza-inflatsiya-2026-5-2-protsenta\/","title":{"rendered":"BNB forecasts 5.2% inflation at the end of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bulgarian National Bank forecasts year-on-year harmonised consumer price inflation of 5.2% at the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Average annual inflation is projected at 4.6% in 2026, 3.1% in 2027 and 2.9% in 2028. Real economic growth is forecast at 2.8%, 2.5% and 2.7%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The estimates are part of Economic Review 2\/2026, presented by BNB on 16 October. The analysis uses data available up to 18 September; the forecast was prepared as of 21 September, using assumptions about the international environment and commodities as of 19 August.<\/p>\n<p>BNB also presents alternative scenarios because of uncertainty surrounding the Middle East conflict and energy prices. The figures are forecasts, not recorded inflation.<\/p>\n<p><small>Illustrative photograph of euro banknotes: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@ibrahimboran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibrahim Boran \/ Unsplash<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unsplash License<\/a>. Cropped to 1200\u00d7675 px.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnb.bg\/AboutUs\/PressOffice\/POPressReleases\/POPRDate\/PR_20261016_BG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BNB \u2014 press release of 16 October 2026<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Average annual inflation is projected at 4.6%. The central bank\u2019s forecast is a baseline scenario, not a guaranteed outcome.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,4],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-1478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biznes","category-bulgaria","tag-aktualno"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}