A total of 13,948 people received unemployment insurance benefits in Estonia in the second quarter of 2019, Statistics Estonia reported. The total number of recipients increased by 0.9% QoQ and by 0.5% YoY. The average size of a payout in the second quarter was EUR 468, up by 12.8% YoY and by 5.2% QoQ. Women…
The minimum wage in Ukraine has tripled over the past three years and now amounts to UAH 4,173, Social Policy Minister of Ukraine Andriy Reva has stated. “Thanks to the laws developed and adopted over the past three years, the minimum wage in Ukraine has increased 3-fold. Today it amounts to UAH 4,173 per month,”…
As of the end of June state debt of Kyrgyzstan reached $698.7 per capita. Over the month, the debt burden has grown by $2.7. According to the Ministry of Finance, as of June 30 the total volume of the state debt (external + internal) of Kyrgyzstan amounted to $4,471.91 billion (310,765.75 billion soms), including $3,792.64…
This year the National Bank does not expect any shocks in Ukraine’s foreign exchange market that have become traditional for the autumn period, according to Deputy NBU Governor Dmytro Solohub. “We have a floating rate, whose fluctuations could be observed in two directions. Some terms of trade may change, but at this stage we’re seeing…
Last month the industrial producer price index (PPI) increased by 0.1% MoM, but decreased by 0.2% YoY, according to information released by Statistics Estonia. Compared to the previous month July’s PPI was affected more than average by a price increase in electricity production, and also by a price decrease in the manufacture of chemicals and…
The Finance Ministry of Ukraine attracted over UAH 1 billion to the state budget as a result of the sale of government domestic loan bonds on August 20, according to the ministry’s website. “As a result of the scheduled placement of government domestic loan bonds, the state budget was replenished with UAH 1,072,414,100.94 (at the…
In January-July the state budget revenues of Azerbaijan amounted to 12,435.5 million manats, while expenses reached 13,102.7 million manats, the State Statistical Committee reported. These exceed the similar indicators of the last year by 2.5% and 12.5%, respectively. A deficit of 667.2 million manats has been formed in the budget. This figure is 121.7 million…