Majilis has ratified the draft law “On amendments to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On 2019-2021 National Budget””. According to First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Finance Alikhan Smailov, the document was compiled based on the country’s socio-economic forecast for 2019. “Budget revenues were increased by 94.9 billion tenge, and budget expenditures…
The Ukrainian Finance Ministry attracted UAH 2.154 billion to the state budget as a result of the sale of government domestic loan bonds on October 8, the Finance Ministry’s press service reported. “As a result of the placement of government domestic loan bonds, the state budget was replenished with UAH 2,154,128,389.21,” reads the report. The…
Finance Ministry estimates debt repayments in the fourth quarter of 2019 at UAH 80.3 billion, or $3.3 billion at the official forex rate. According to the state debt payment schedule, repayments on Ukraine’s state debt as of October 1, including those on internal and external debt in October, total UAH 25.18 billion ($1 billion) and…
A regulation for procurements could help standardize and centralize them using ministries involved, for example, said Latvian Economy Minister Ralfs Nemiro. The minister described his idea using the purchase of a school bus as an example. It is not the same as a municipality purchasing one of two buses. Instead the procurement is performed by…
The state budget of Kyrgyzstan for 2018 was executed with a deficit of 6,453 billion soms with a planned deficit of 12,606 billion soms, department of the Committee on Budget and Finances of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan reports. At least 23 billion soms have been spent on servicing external and internal debts. Securities for 9…
Unemployment rate dropped in Armenia by 2.6% in the second quarter of 2019, compared to the same period of 2018, amounting to 17.7%, the Statistical Committee reported. The number of unemployed people comprised 207.2 thousand in the second quarter of 2019, against the 236.4 thousand people in the second quarter of 2018. The unemployment rate…
Inflation in September ran at 2.2% YoY, according to the government agency Statistics Estonia. The sectors exerting the most impact were food and clothing, though there was a slight fall of -0.2% MoM. Consumer price index for services saw a 3.5% rise, and goods saw a 1.4% rise. Regulated prices of goods and services fell…