Economy of Kyrgyzstan is expected to shrink by 5.3% at year-end, the acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Artem Novikov has announced at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on economic and fiscal policy. According to him, the gross domestic product will amount to 583 billion soms. In 2021, the economy is expected to grow by…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) provided UAH 600 million in refinancing to two banks on November 20, the NBU’s press service reported. “On November 20, a quantitative tender was held for the refinancing of banks for a term of 84 days. The applications of two banks for a total sum of UAH 600.0 million…
A moderate growth in the U.S. dollar exchange rate against the hryvnia is expected this week, according to Vadym Iosub, a senior analyst at Alpari analytical company. Over the past week, the hryvnia exchange rate against the U.S. dollar in all segments of the foreign exchange market has decreased moderately by 0.6-0.9%. Since last Monday,…
The Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport has finalized the RA-3 (Regulated Agents Third country) certification process vital for transportation of air cargo bound to the EU, the press service of the airport reports. The Nur-Sultan International Airport is the only airport in Kazakhstan obtaining such a status, enabling all its air carriers to transport cargo to…
In October, compared to October 2019, the average level of producer prices in Latvian industry fell by 1.3%. Prices of products sold on the domestic market have fallen by 3%, but prices of exported products have grown by 0.2%. Prices of products exported to euro area countries rose by 0.4% and prices of products exported…
Throughout the past week, the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has been conducting interventions selling dollars. The National Bank sold $21.4 million on November 16. The next day, the bank again entered the foreign exchange market with an intervention of $500,000. On November 18, the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic sold $1.3 million. On November…
The number of passengers serviced by Ukrainian transport companies in January-October decreased by 53.7% (2.2-fold) YoY, to 41.8 billion passenger-kilometers, according to the data provided by the State Statistics Service. Over the reporting period, 2.13 passengers used the services of domestic transport companies, down by 39.8%. In particular, the number of passengers carried by rail…