The total consumer confidence indicator was up by 4.1 percentage points compared with October, the NSI said. In June 2020, the Covid-19 crisis and the State of Emergency declared in March last year sent consumer confidence in Bulgaria plummeting, according to the NSI poll at the time. The August poll found a slight recovery in consumer confidence, as did the November poll. The NSI said that its poll had found that in January 2021, consumer confidence increased among both urban and rural residents, by 3.1 and 7.6 percentage points, respectively. In comparison with three months earlier, Bulgarian consumers’ opinions about changes in the financial situation of their households over the past 12 months and their expectations about the next 12 months were favourable, the NSI said.