The volume of foreign direct investment in the Ukrainian economy (non-residents’ equity capital) in January-September increased by $367.2 billion, or by 1.2% YoY, to $31.974 billion as of October 1. Over the period under review $1.71 billion in new investment was received, while $491.5 million was dropped. The negative revaluation stood at $851.7 million, according…
Foreign investments in the amount of $12.3 billion were attracted to the economy of Kazakhstan in the first half of 2018, This is 15.4% more than a year earlier ($10.6 billion). Interestingly, 92.4% of all investment flows to Kazakhstan in the six months accounted for only 10 countries. The absolute leader in investing to the…
In October the overall state and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine decreased by almost 0.5% MoM, the Finance Ministry’s press service reports. As of October 31 the overall state and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine totaled $74.32 billion, down by $0.35 billion. According to the ministry, the state and government-guaranteed debt in hryvnia equivalent over the reporting…
Compared to September, level of producer prices in Latvian industry rose by 0.1% in October. Prices of products sold on the domestic market fell by 0.5%, while prices of exported products went up by 0.7%. Prices of products exported to Eurozone countries grew by 0.3% and prices of products exported to non-Eurozone by 0.9%, according…
Fitch Ratings, an international rating agency, has noted improvement in the macroeconomic conditions in Azerbaijan, the agency said in a message. The message reads that in January-September the economy of Azerbaijan grew by 0.8% YoY, while the growth rate of non-oil GDP was 1%. Inflation fell sharply from 12.9% at the end of 2017 to…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia on November 20, last month the producer price index (PPI) of industrial output increased by 0.3% MoM and by 2.8% YoY. Compared to the previous month, the PPI in October was affected more than average by a price increase in the manufacture of electronic equipment and in mining…
Uzbekistan has significantly increased its trade turnover with the countries of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) in the first three quarters of 2018, Foreign Trade Minister Jamshid Khojayev declared. “It is good to see that trade with CAREC member countries is growing at an accelerated pace. In the three quarters of this year,…