A sharp decrease in inflation is expected in Ukraine as early as in the first half of 2023, the quarterly inflation report released by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) says. “With monetary conditions being tight, global inflation declining and domestic demand staying subdued, Ukraine will see its inflation rate slow to 14.8% this year.…
The National Health Insurance Company announced that it had allocated over 879 thousand lei (about 44 thousand euros) from the prevention measures fund for the procurement of the first batch of 7,000 rabies vaccine doses for this year. Over 23 thousand lei were directed towards the purchase of 37 rabies immunoglobulin doses. They were shipped…
Polish retail sales went down by 6.1% YoY in March after a 0.7% decrease in February, Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, reported. Month on month, retail sales went down by 2.4%, the agency also said. Retail sales in the eurozone fell by 3.8% YoY in March after a 2.4% decrease a month before. In monthly…
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili and South Korea’s Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho on May 4 discussed possibilities of increasing investments from South Korea to Georgia and highlighted the importance of launching free trade and investment protection agreements between the countries. The meeting was held as part of the 56th Annual Meeting of…
In January-March, compared to the same period last year, the amount of cash in Ukrainian banks increased by 22.6% YoY and cash withdrawals – by 3.7%. The press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported this on Telegram. In the first quarter of 2023, the amount of cash in banks reached UAH 601.2…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the draft law “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine concerning the verification of patient information”. The document provides for amendments to the laws of Ukraine on the verification of data between the electronic healthcare system and other registers: the Unified State Demographic Register, the State…
Polish banks look set to tighten the lending criteria for all types of loans in the second quarter, according to a central bank survey of the heads of banks’ loan committees. The biggest tightening could hit consumer loans due to an expected deterioration in economic conditions, and an increase in the share of non-performing loans…