The Pension Fund of Ukraine continues to finance pension payments for July, the government’s portal reports with a reference to the Pension Fund. “As of July 13, UAH 16.8 billion was allocated for the payment of pensions, which is 56.2% of the monthly requirement,” reads the report. The Pension Fund added that financing and payment…
In 2018 Ukraine will receive about $2 billion from the IMF, as well as loans from the EU and the World Bank, which will provide an opportunity to increase international reserves up to $20.7 billion by the end of this year. However, in 2019-2020, due to peak payments on external public debt, the balance of…
The positive dynamics of Ukraine’s GDP growth will remain at 3.2% by the end of 2018, and it may also increase by about 3% in 2019, First Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv stated when presenting the government’s report for the first half of 2018 at a meeting of…
According to the results of May, the state debt of the country reached $707.2 per capita. In a month, the debt burden of each resident of the country decreased by $1.6. According to the Ministry of Finance, as of May 31 the volume of state debt (external + domestic) amounted to $4,425.1 billion (302,905.43 billion…
President Dalia Grybauskaite has signed the laws overhauling the country’s tax system, adopted by the Seimas. For the laws to come into effect early next year they must be published six months earlier. The laws are related to the personal income tax, state social insurance, health insurance, tax administration, the profit tax, public procurement, VAT…
The international reserves of Ukraine declined by 1.1% YoY in June, to $17.978 billion, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine reported. “The international reserves of Ukraine as of July 1 amounted to $17,978.2 million (in equivalent), according to preliminary data. They decreased by 1.1% over June, mainly due to payments on public…
Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves totaled $6.83 billion as of July 1, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) reported. According to the preliminary data, Belarus’ international reserve assets made up $6.831 billion as of July 1. In June gold and foreign exchange reserves decreased by…