Ukraine is in consultations with the International Monetary Fund to seal until year-end an agreement for a $15-20-billion loan to help restore its war-torn economy, the National Bank Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko has told Reuters. Kyiv has already submitted its request to the IMF and is now in consultation with the fund over the new financing.…
The balance on the special account the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) opened to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine is about UAH 2.48 billion. “Over UAH 74 million was remitted to the special account last week,” the National Bank press service said. The NBU has already transferred over UAH 17.7 billion to meet the…
The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings agency has lowered Poland’s GDP growth forecast in 2023 from the April figure of 3.1% to 2.1%, but raised its estimate for this year from 3.6% to 4.5%. The agency forecasts GDP growth in Poland in 2024 at 2.6% and at 2.4% in 2025. S&P forecasts the general…
Since the beginning of 2022, Ukraine has paid off $1.5 billion in foreign debt, Oleh Ustenko, adviser to the President of Ukraine on economic issues, has said. “We had to repay $3 billion for this year. We have already repaid $1.5 billion this year and we have another $1.5 billion left to pay off until…
The Customs Service (SV) collected over 623.4 million lei (about 31.1 million euros) to the state budget on July 18-24, up by 8.5%from the budgetary task set for this time interval. According to SV, private people brought goods, the value of which in customs exceeded the non-taxable limit, with over 17.2 million lei collected, which…
Poland’s unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in June from 5.1% in May, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on July 25. The number of registered unemployed measured 818,000 in June against 850,200 in the previous month, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry estimated June’s unemployment at 4.9%. (The First News/Business World…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sold $309.2 million and bought $223.22 million on the interbank foreign exchange market over the past week. Following foreign exchange interventions, between July 18 and July 24, the National Bank sold $309.2 million on the interbank foreign exchange market and bought $223.22 million. Since the start of 2022, the…