FX.co ★ Bulgaria Current Account Deficit Widens in January

Bulgaria’s current account deficit widened sharply to EUR 729.4 million in January 2026, from EUR 29.3 million in the same month a year earlier. The goods account deficit increased slightly to EUR 879.4 million from EUR 869.2 million. At the same time, the services surplus narrowed to EUR 575.5 million from EUR 602.4 million. The primary income balance — which captures income received and paid on the use of resources such as labour, capital, land, production and import taxes, and subsidies — swung to a deficit of EUR 514.6 million, compared with a surplus of EUR 242.1 million a year earlier. By contrast, the secondary income account posted a surplus of EUR 89.1 million, reversing a deficit of EUR 4.5 million.