In the last three months, pessimism among Bulgarian consumers has been growing.

This shows a new study by the National Statistical Institute.

Their inflation expectations for the next 12 months are also rising.

According to the social anthropologist Assoc. Prof. Valeri Lichev, people's expectations that things will not be better are realistic. 

We jumped from crisis to crisis and the change of seasons can hardly affect people's moods

, Lichev added.

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"Rising household prices mainly lead to insecurity, because in fact a person can feel happy when he lives a life regulated by the institutions.

What I see is that the institutions have come into conflict with each other.

"People themselves also express contradictory opinions and all this confusion can not but worry people and make you be cautious in your expectations, because we all know that when we have high expectations, we are easily disappointed," he added to bTV.

According to him, the mood may change if the price of fuel falls.

He added that he still expects holiday planning.