crisis

After the purely health measures aimed at protecting the health of Bulgarian citizens in the current Covid-19 pandemic, the next package of measures that it will have to take are purely financial. The pandemic is causing huge economic damage, with Europe being the most affected, given the massive spread of the virus in some of the most fragile …

0:22 – Introduction to the topics in the episode and the special guest financier Biser Manolov 01:02 – News from Bulgaria 01:53 – Why are banks in Bulgaria massively raising fees and commissions? 04:33 – Banks vs. new fintech companies like Revolut – are banks losing the battle? 06:20 – The paradoxical monetary and regulatory policy …

0:22 – Introduction to the topics in the episode and special guest Georgi Demirev, founder of ocenime.bg, a site for analyzing the real estate market in Bulgaria. 02:27 – Financial news from Bulgaria 13:26 – Macro and Markets 22:25 – Fintech and alternative investments 31:27 – Interview with Georgi Demirev 31:41 - …

Most economists have opinions about what stage of the business cycle an economy is in. But if you haven't noticed, many of their predictions turn out to be wrong. For example, Ben Bernanke in 2007 (then chairman of the Federal Reserve) predicted that the US was not headed for a recession and that …

00:56 - What topics will we talk about today? 03:10 - The virtual pension fund of EKIP in August 08:45 - Episode topic: How to invest in anticipation and during crises? 48:35 - Current financial news from Bulgaria 65: 35 - Macro and Markets: international news 75:35 - Fintech: …

The focus of media and politicians in recent weeks and months has been the so-called “refugee crisis” in the EU. Whether they view it as a “wave of Islamization in Europe,” as many on the right do, or as a “humanitarian crisis,” as many on the left interpret the events, most …

As September approaches, market participants are increasingly anxiously awaiting the Federal Reserve's (FED) decision on the key interest rate in the United States. Will the world's most influential central bank raise the key interest rate, which has been in the range of 0.0-0.25% since late 2008? How will this affect …

Patrick Barron Much of the commentary surrounding the Greek crisis has focused on whether or not the country will leave the Eurozone, with less attention to the structural problems that have arisen after decades of socialism. At the same time, the Greek government has borrowed more money than the local population can repay, and the depreciation of the …