In the third quarter of 2021, businesses improved their expectations for total sales of own production, investment costs for construction and the number of employees at enterprises. This is evidenced by the findings of a survey of company top managers that the NBU conducted in the third quarter. “For the third quarter in a row,…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) provided UAH 50 million in refinancing to one bank, the central bank’s press service reported. “On October 13, a quantitative tender was held for the refinancing of banks for a term of 30 days. The application of one bank for a total sum of UAH 50 million at an…
In a recent blog post published at the end of September, Statistics Estonia analyzed data from the Unemployment Insurance Fund and larger job advertisement portals and compared the wages offered in job advertisements with the data submitted to its wage comparison application. It was found that there were big pay gaps between men and women…
Food prices continue will grow in Kyrgyzstan. The National Statistical Committee provided such data. In January-September, compared to the end of 2020, the increase in consumer prices and tariffs in the country as a whole reached 6.5%. During the period, the largest price increase was registered for buckwheat (+31.6%), lemons (+47%), vegetable oil (+21.5%) and…
The Tashkent region is set to see at least 450,000 thousand new jobs over the next five years, according to plans unveiled by Uzbekistan’s incumbent leader, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. During his campaign trail in the region last week Mirziyoyev said that household incomes would expand two-fold. He said that particular attention would be paid to the…
In January-September, freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja climbed by 8% YoY, to 5.06 million tons, the Port Authority reported. Handling of grain and cereal products rose by 1.4%, to 1.92 million tons, while handling of anthracite – sank by 88.3%, to 28,800 tons, handling of building materials fell by 4.3%, to 549,200…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) purchased $119.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market last week. Following the foreign exchange interventions, the National Bank bought $119.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market between October 11 and October 13. Since the start of 2021, the National Bank has sold $197 million and purchased $2,024.3…