The National Bank of Ukraine expects a moderate acceleration in the growth of the Ukrainian economy in the second quarter of 2018, the press service of the NBU reported. “In the second quarter of 2018 the National Bank expects a moderate acceleration in the growth of the Ukrainian economy. The preservation of business expectations of…
The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan intends to increase the share of gold in the gross international reserves from 16% to 50%, the Chairman of the National Bank Tolkunbek Abdygulov stated. According to him, this is what the National Bank can do in an attempt to protect itself from the volatility of currencies in China and…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has stated that the foreign debts accumulated for 2005-2013 impede raising social standards in Ukraine now. He said this at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Policy. “In 2005-2013 Ukraine accumulated almost $50 billion in foreign debts. This year we have to spend UAH 130 billion…
The excise tax on automobile fuel may be scrapped, according to the Belarusian Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Kiyko. The deputy finance minister said: “We now recognize as a possibility that the state budget may lose considerable revenues within the next 3-5 years and are working out measures to minimize these risks. The greatest challenges include…
About one million Ukrainians will receive raised pension payments from July 1, 2018, according to Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko “From July 1 the minimum subsistence level will be raised for persons who have lost the ability to work. Pension payments will be increased for approximately one million Ukrainians,” Rozenko said, explaining that payments would…
In January-May Ukraine’s local budget revenues increased to UAH 89.7 billion, up by 24.1% YoY, Vice Prime Minister – Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Hennadiy Zubko posted on his Facebook page. “In January-May local budget revenues increased to UAH 89.7 billion. The growth in revenues against the corresponding period last year amounted…
In the first quarter of 2018 the real growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 5.3% YoY in Georgia, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In the reporting period the GDP deflator increased by 4.3% and the nominal GDP totaled 9.15 billion GEL. In Q1 the estimated real GDP growth, compared…