In November, the gross international reserves of Kyrgyzstan reached $2,947.11 billion, website of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic said. Over the past month, the gross international reserves decreased by $202.8 million. At the same time, they still remain at a high level. Since the beginning of the year, the reserves have increased by…
The National Bank expects that the inflow of foreign direct investment in Ukraine in 2021 will amount to $6.5 billion. “At year-end 2021, we expect that the inflow of foreign direct investment will total $6.5 billion, and the greater part of this amount arises, as the companies with foreign capital reinvest their income and profits…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has officially registered 23 debt collection companies, according to the NBU Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko. “The National Bank initiated “tectonic” changes in the debt collection market. For the first time, in 2021, Ukraine introduced a legal framework for regulating the relations of debt collection companies and financial institutions in settling…
The estimated real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in August amounted to 10.3% YoY and 12% in January-August, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. Last month the following industries of the economy posted growth compared to the same period of the previous year: manufacturing, financial and insurance activities, trade,…
Georgian and Azerbaijani Prime Ministers Irakli Garibashvili and Ali Asadov have pledged to deepen their countries’ economic ties at the inter-governmental economic commission session held in Baku. PM Garibashvili said Azerbaijan was not only a friend and a neighbour of Georgia, but one of the main strategic partners as well. “It is a great honour…
Books and printed press will be applied with value added tax (VAT) of 5% from now on, as decided by Latvia’s government. VAT for books published in physical and digital form will reduce from 12% to 5%. This also applies to newspapers and other printed press that are released in physical and digital form. Reduction…
The sales revenue of retail trade enterprises increased by 9% in August, to EUR 762 million. The sales revenue of manufactured goods grew the most, by 17%. Jaanika Tiigiste, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that turnover increased in grocery stores and in stores selling manufactured goods as well as in enterprises engaged in the…