The Ukrainian Finance Ministry attracted UAH 645.653 million to the state budget at a weekly scheduled auction on T-bills placement, according to the ministry’s website. UAH 200.888 million was attracted as a result of placement of bonds in the national currency with a 1-year maturity period and a weighted average yield of 14.35% per annum,…
According to the information released by Statistics Estonia on September 20, the producer price index of industrial output increased by 0.8% MoM and by 4.7% YoY. Compared to the previous month, the producer price index in August was affected more than average by an increase in prices in the manufacture of electronic equipment, in electricity,…
The Belarusian economy will be able to reach the targeted gross domestic product (GDP) figure this year, Belarusian Economy Minister Vladimir Zinovsky declared. “We should definitely fulfill the commitments undertaken by the government – GDP as high as 101.7%. Now the figure stands at 101.6%, but it doesn’t mean it cannot go lower, for instance,…
Turkmenistan is known worldwide for its huge oil and gas reserves, however it is not the only resource which brings the country most of its income. One of the primary exports items of Turkmenistan has traditionally been cotton. Cotton is equalized to gold as it is widely used in various industrial branches, including textile, food,…
The economic growth in Kazakhstan has amounted to 4.3% since the beginning of this year, the First Vice-Minister of the National Economy of Kazakhstan Ruslan Dalenov said on September 19 during a government meeting. “After the slight slowdown of 4% in July, the economic growth accelerated to 4.3% during the eight months of this year,…
Ukraine’s gross external debt as of early July was $114.836 billion, up by 1.05% from the beginning of the year, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). Since the beginning of the year, the gross external debt of the country has increased by 1.16%. According to the central bank, the debt…
Next year, the minimum wage will grow from UAH 3,200 to UAH 3,723 ($142). The minimum living wage per person will be UAH 1,700 from January 1, 2018, UAH 1,777 from July 1, and UAH 1,853 from December 1, 2018. Such a growth of social standards is stipulated in the draft Law of Ukraine “On…