currency board

Експертен клуб за икономика и политика (EKIP) беше цитиран от „Welt”, един от петте най-четени вестника в Германия, във връзка с планираното присъединяване на България към еврозоната на 1 януари 2026 г. Немската медия отрази дълбоките резерви по отношение на планираното присъединяване и сериозните критики на процеса, който доведе до …

You can support this call by signing our petition at this link. You can download this call as a separate document at this link. The currency board and the stability of the leva provided the basis for everything we have managed to build in the economic field in Bulgaria over the past 23 years. For this …

To the Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Finance of the National Assembly The Minister of Finance of the Republic of Bulgaria The Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank OPINION By Stoyan Panchev In his capacity as Chairman of the Expert Club for Economics and Politics - TEAM DEAR MADAM CHAIRMAN, DEAR Mister MINISTER, DEAR Mister GOVERNOR, …

54% of adult Bulgarians want a referendum on Bulgaria's entry into the eurozone 50% of adult Bulgarians are against the introduction of the euro, only 19% support it Voters of the major parties are against the euro, while their elected officials – 60% of adult Bulgarians consider the leva a stable currency The majority of Bulgarians do not …

The common European currency is not particularly successful in its task of bringing the peoples of the Old Continent closer together – this is easily seen in the division of Europe into one or two speeds, the groups of countries that comply with and do not comply with the Maastricht criteria, and of course the severe tension between center and periphery, north and south, expressed most clearly...

In the midst of Brexit, about which I[i] wrote on June 22, 2016[ii] and where nothing unexpected has happened since the then-forecast, and in the midst of domestically important political topics, the approaching expected actions for Bulgaria’s entry into the “eurozone waiting room” and membership in the zone itself were completely forgotten. If we exclude the statements of …

As one of the few right-wing economists who are skeptical about Bulgaria’s entry into the Eurozone, our editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldzhev and founder Stoyan Panchev recently took part in a number of television shows and debates on the topic. On NOVA TV, Stoyan Panchev confronted the former deputy minister …

The more there is talk about the potential adoption of the euro in Bulgaria, the more often the argument is made that our country will be able to attract more investment in this way. This is the main line along which it is claimed that entering the Eurozone will enrich Bulgarian citizens – more investment means more jobs …

Author: Steve Hanke, Forbes.com After Bulgaria escaped communism in 1990, Bulgarians experienced several hardships. The economy collapsed, there were bankruptcies, and this Balkan paradise experienced hyperinflation, reaching a staggering 242% in February 1997. Yes, on a monthly basis. Anticipating many of the problems that follow currency devaluation, I became …

We at EKIP are honored to publish a fundamental critical analysis by economist Georgi Ganev of the acclaimed "Plan B in the Currency Board Discussion" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ivan Kostov. In this "plan", Kostov practically proposes that the currency board in Bulgaria be dismantled, even though it was created precisely at the beginning of its own …