Lviv plans a UAH440 million bond issue (to be issued in two tranches in 2018), Fitch Ratings said in a press release on January 15. “For 2018 Lviv’s direct debt may increase to UAH 440 million, or a still 4.7% below current revenue (from less than 0.1% in 2014-2017), if the city is successful in…
In December 2017 the number of unemployed people in Kazakhstan amounted to 441,800 people, which is 5% of the economically active population, the Statistics Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of National Economy reported. As of the end of December 2017, the employment agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan registered 70,300 unemployed people or 0.8% of…
Prices for consumer goods and tariffs for services in Azerbaijan increased by 12.9% in 2017 as compared to 2016, the State Statistics Committee said. During the period, prices for food products grew by 16.4%, prices for non-food items by 11.6%, and the cost of paid services increased by 9.3%. Monthly inflation for December 2017 was…
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that Ukraine’s external debt totals 83% of the country’s GDP. At the same time, he reminded that in 2014, when Arseniy Yatsenyuk became the prime minister, the state budget amounted to UAH 108,000, as the previous regime brought huge damage to the country. “Then there was the annexation of…
The growth of consumer prices in Ukraine in 2017 accelerated to 13.7% compared with 12.4% in 2016, which, however, is significantly lower than in the past years: it was 43.3% in 2015 and 24.9% in 2014, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported. In December 2017 alone inflation was 1% against 0.9% in November and…
Wages, pensions, state allowances and scholarships have been increased by 10% in Turkmenistan since January 1. The relevant decree of the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was signed last July. The decree provides for an increase of 10% starting from the New Year on salary received by employees of enterprises of self-financing institutions and organizations financed…
Consumer prices increased by an average 3.4% in 2017 compared to 2016. They were influenced the most by food products and non-alcoholic beverages, which made up two fifths of the increase, Statistics Estonia reported on January 8. The price of milk, dairy products, and eggs increased by 10.4% YoY, accounting for the single indicator that…