In August 2009 the goods carried by the railway transport are by 4.9% less in comparison with the previous month, in accordance to the same month of 2008 there is a registered decrease by 42.4%. In the passenger traffic, the total number of the passengers are decreased by 1.6% than the previous month, while in compared to August 2008 there is a decrease by 7.1%.

In the second quarter of 2009 the goods carried by the land and water transport are by 28.1% more as compared to the previous quarter, while the transport performance, measured in tkms, increases by 42.2%. As compared to the corresponding period of 2008, however there is reduction both in the goods carried and the transport performance, respectively by 18.4% and by 19.1%. In the period April-June 2009 the passengers carried by the bus, railway, water and urban electrical transport decrease by 1.2%, as compared to the first quarter of 2009, while the transport performance in pkms increases by 13.4%. In the second quarter of 2009, the passengers carried and the transport performance register a drop respectively by 8.8% and 21.5%, in comparison with the same period of 2008.

In the second quarter of 2009 municipal authorities have issued building permits for construction of 1 832 residential buildings with 4 506 dwellings, of 79 administrative buildings/offices and 1 160 other buildings.

According to the preliminary data of National Statistical Institute (NSI) the number of employees under labour contract at the end of June 2009 decreased by 0.4% as compared to the end of March 2009 and reached to 2.4 millions. In second quarter of 2009 in comparison with the first quarter of 2009 the average monthly wages and salaries grew by 4.4% getting 588 levs.