The National Bank bought $197.8 million and sold $122.43 million on the interbank foreign exchange market throughout last week. As a result of forex interventions, from August 15 to 19, the NBU bought $197.8 million on the interbank currency market. At the same time, the regulator sold $122.43 million. In total, since the beginning of…
For the sake of business mobility in the conditions of martial law, on September 1, an eVidriadzhennia (Business trip) will be launched. Today, the Government has endorsed a resolution that allows the introduction of this service in an experimental format. One can go on a business trip abroad for a period of up to 7…
Ukraine and the United Kingdom have updated the Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement and approved the simplification of access to the public procurement market, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine reported. “Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko and British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons signed Annex II to the…
The monthly budget deficit of Ukraine amounts to $5 billion.That’s according to President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who raised the issue during a Q&A with Chile’s university community. “We really want our economy to recover. Today we’re suffering. We’re $5 billion short every month. I mean we’ve such a major deficit,” Zelensky said, noting that…
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ukraine’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating to CC from RD (restricted default). As the agency explained, the upgrade followed the execution of consent solicitation on August 11 to restructure external debt. “Near $6 billion of principal and interest on Ukraine’s Eurobonds has been deferred by 24 months, alleviating external debt servicing…
A total of 710 businesses have been relocated in Ukraine since the relocation program was launched, and 500 of them have already resumed operation. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Economy Deputy Minister Oleksandr Hryban during a nationwide telethon. “Today, we have registered 1,796 requests from businesses. 710 enterprises have already been relocated, and…
Over the past week, banks issued UAH 1.2 billion of affordable loans to entrepreneurs. Since the beginning of the “5-7-9 Affordable Loans” program launch, businesses have received 46,400 loans for a total amount of UAH 135.9 billion. Entrepreneurs took the most anti-crisis loans – UAH 59.6 billion, and UAH 28.3 billion – resource for refinancing…