In March 2024 retail sales at constant prices were by 6.1% higher than the year before (against a decrease of 7.3% in March 2023). Compared with February 2024, an increase by 14.2% in retail sales was recorded. In the period of January-March 2024 sales increased y/y by 5.0% (against a decrease by 3.5% in corresponding period of 2023).

The share of culture in the national economy in 2019 did not change compared to 2018 and accounted for 2.8%. Three domains dominated most of the transactions that made up the cultural satellite account: Advertising, Audio-visual arts and multimedia as well as Books and Press.