According to the preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign currency reserves totaled $7,246.4 million as of September 1, if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus reported. In August the country’s gold and foreign currency reserves went up…
In January-August the local budget revenues increased by 23.1% or by UAH 27.9 billion compared to the corresponding period of 2017 and totaled UAH 148.7 billion. “The budget revenues increased in all regions, while the growth rate of revenues above the average in Ukraine was recorded in 13 regions. The highest growth rates were observed…
The state should consider the introduction of a reduced social tax rate as an incentive either under the existing system of no corporate income tax, in its place, or as an option available to businesses, President Kersti Kaljulaid said. Kaljulaid said that in the past 30 years Estonia’s tax system had aimed at attracting capital…
Consumer prices in Estonia rose by 79.5% between 2000 and 2017, more then twice the EU average of 36.5% and fifth in Europe, Eurostat, the European Commission’s statistical agency said. Estonia was, according to the figures, well above the EU average in virtually all sectors, most notably alcohol and tobacco products, where prices in Estonia…
In January-June Ukraine exported goods and services to the EU countries to the tune of $11.2 billion. The exports to the EU countries in the first six months of 2018 totaled $11.2 billion (the exports in goods totaled $9.7 billion). Ukraine’s exports to the EU grew by $1.8 billion compared to the same period last…
As of August 1 Belarus’ external debt totaled $16.5 billion, down by $179 million or by 1.1% from the beginning of the year (taking into account differences in currency exchange rates), the Finance Ministry reported. In January-July external state borrowings totaled $1,506 billion, including $600 million in eurobonds, $515.1 million borrowed from the Russian government…
The turnover of retail trade enterprises increased by 2% YoY in July, according to Statistics Estonia. The increase in July at constant prices led to a retail trade enterprises turnover of EUR 624.1 million. If seasonally and working-day adjusted data is taken into account however, the increase stood at 1%. The breakdown is as follows:…