Ukraine: GDP growth to reach 4% by 2020

Ukraine’s GDP growth this year is projected at 1.8%, while by 2020 this figure could reach 4%, President Petro Poroshenko stated in the Verkhovna Rada in his annual address on the internal and external situation of the country. “According to the results of this year, GDP growth is projected at 1.8%. We expect economic growth…

Estonia: August 2017 consumer price index up

According to information released by Statistics Estonia on September 7, the consumer price index in August increased by 0.4% compared to July and by 3.9% compared to August 2016. Compared to August of last year, goods were 3.8% and services 4.1% more expensive. Regulated prices of goods and services also rose by 7.2% and non-regulated…

Ukraine: state debt up in July 2017

The total state (direct) and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in July increased by 1.4% or by $1.05 billion, to $76.06 billion, the Ministry of Finance said on its website. The state debt in the national currency rose by 0.69% or by UAH 13.45 billion, to UAH 1.971 trillion. Since the beginning of the year the…

Ukraine: economy ministry names major donors

Ukraine in the first half of 2017 implemented 415 international technical assistance projects worth a total of $5.32 billion, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported. The major donors of technical assistance remained the U.S. with 104 projects worth $1.5 billion, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development with 39…