In August, consumer prices in Ukraine decreased by 0.2% MoM, according to the State Statistics Service, but ose by 10.2% YoY and by 6.2% compared to December 2020. In January-August, compared to the same period last year, consumer inflation amounted to 8.7%. Core inflation last month was 0% compared to July. Since the beginning of…
The World Bank is ready to allocate $230 million to Ukraine until December as part of the COVAX initiative, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry’s press service has reported. According to the report, a meeting was held between Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and World Bank Regional Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Arup Banerji. “The parties discussed…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Prime Minister the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin have discussed trade, infrastructure and investment cooperation between the two countries. “Discussed with Prime Minister Askar Mamin cooperation between Ukraine and Kazakhstan in trade, infrastructure and investment,” he wrote on Twitter. According to Shmyhal, the heads of the two governments…
In August, eight new companies entered the non-bank financial services market in Ukraine, while 13 companies left the market, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported. In August, the number of non-bank financial market participants decreased to 1,933 (as of August 31) from 1,938 (as of July 31). The number of…
In January-August, Boryspil International Airport serviced 5,816,254 passengers, up by 66% YoY. In particular, over the eight months of this year, Boryspil Airport provided air service to 3,339,622 passengers traveling by regular flights and 2,476,632 traveling by charter flights. In August, Boryspil Airport serviced 1,251,316 passengers, including 827,556 passengers carried by regular flights and 423,760…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) purchased $159 million on the interbank foreign exchange market last week, according to data provided by the central bank. According to the results of foreign exchange interventions, the National Bank bought $159 million on the interbank foreign exchange market between August 30 and September 3. The regulator also sold…
Since the beginning of 2021, local budgets of Zakarpattia region have received UAH 6.9 million in tourist tax payments, which is 36.1% more than in the pre-pandemic period of 2019. This was reported by the Tourism and Resorts Department of Zakarpattia Regional State Administration. “In January-August, the local budgets of Zakarpattia region received UAH 6,916,000…