Ukraine: state budget deficit up in 2019

Finance Ministry increased the state budget deficit in 2019 to UAH 81 billion ($3.3 billion), whereas earlier this figure was UAH 78.05 billion ($3.1 billion). “The Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2019″ defines the annual limit of the state budget deficit in the amount of UAH 91.1 billion ($3.7 billion).…

Latvia: construction costs up in January 2020

Compared to December 2019, the level of construction costs in Latvia fell by 0.2% in January 2020. Labor remuneration of workers reduced by 0.9% andprices of building materials – by 0.1%, but maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment rose by 0.2%. In January, the average level of construction costs was mostly affected by…