Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, praised the Ukrainian government’s efforts in the field of managing the economy amid war, noting that the economic recovery is happening quicker than the fund predicted. She said this during a roundtable discussion of support for Ukraine within the framework of the annual meetings of the…
The entrepreneurs will save about half billion Moldovan lei annually or 0.2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), following the reduction of the bureaucracy in the fiscal and customs fields. A draft law, approved by the Cabinet, will exclude administrative barriers and unjustified requirements and will contribute to the facilitation of the business environment’s work,…
In September alone, communities received UAH 16.9 billion of transfers from the state: basic, additional, reverse and other subventions. The total sum of transfers this year amounted to more than UAH 109 billion. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a Government meeting on October 10. “In 2024, local authorities will receive over…
The Cabinet of Ministers will double the funding for the micro-grant program for business development; next year it is planned to issue grants worth UAH 3.5 billion, the press service of the Ministry of Economy reports. “We see that the program is in great demand among Ukrainians, so next year we plan to double its…
The International Monetary Fund expects Bulgaria’s GDP growth to slow to 1.7% in 2023 from 3.4% last year, before accelerating to 3.2% in 2024. The fund’s autumn forecast was better than the spring report, according to which Bulgaria’s GDP was expected to grow this year by 1.4%. In spring, however, the IMF expected the Bulgarian…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut Poland’s GDP growth forecast for 2023 to 0.6% from the 1.2% estimated earlier, it has said in its latest edition of the World Economic Outlook. But it also revised up its forecast for 2024 to 2.3% from the 2.2% predicted in an earlier report. At the same time,…
In September, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry raised about UAH 23 billion in the state budget from the placement of war bonds. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Finance Ministry on Facebook. Meanwhile, about UAH 185 billion worth of war bonds were issued in January-September. At the end of September, Ukrainian citizens owned about…