The total amount of state and state-guaranteed debt in hryvnias as of December 31, 2017 has grown by UAH 2.142, to UAH 2.142 trillion, according to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. This is an 11% growth compared to the amount recorded in the previous reporting period. The state and state-guaranteed debt in the dollar…
The total amount of wage arrears in Ukraine in 2017 increased by 32.2%, while in December 2017 they fell by 8.3% and as of January 1, 2018 amounted to UAH 2.368 billion, the State Statistics Service has said. According to its data, in December 2017 wage arrears at economically active enterprises decreased by 12.7% and…
The GDP growth in Turkmenistan amounted to 6.5% in 2017. This was stated at the enlarged meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers. This figure in the industrial sector amounted to 5.5%, construction – 1.3%, transport and communications complex – 11.1%, trade – 9.4%, agriculture – 5%, and services – 9%. In comparison with the same…
Inflation in Kazakhstan in 2018 is projected in the corridor of 5-7%, said the chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Daniyar Akishev during a press conference on January 25. He added that in 2017 annual inflation amounted to 7.1%, which corresponded to the initial target corridor (6-8% for 2017). “Slowing of the inflation took…
Industrial production in Ukraine in 2017 decreased by 0.1% compared to 2016, and in December 2017 it dropped by 0.5%, the State Statistics Service said. The authority said that with the adjustment to the effect of calendar days industrial production in December 2017 increased by 0.4% YoY. In comparison with the previous month in December…
Valery Belsky, Director of the Institute of Economics of Belarus’ National Academy of Sciences, named the prerequisites for the country’s GDP growth in 2018. According to him, in 2017 Belarus’ GDP went up by 2.4% versus the expected 1.7% increase. It stands to reason that the uptrend will continue in 2018, he believes. In particular,…
Ukraine is holding talks with the European Commission and the European Investment Bank to implement a broad program for granting loans and grants to small and medium-sized businesses in order to minimize the outflow of Ukrainians to work abroad, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said. “We are now working with the European Commission and…