According to Statistics Estonia, in March the production of industrial enterprises increased by 8% compared to March 2017. Production increased in manufacturing as well in mining and in energy. In March the total production in manufacturing was 5% higher compared to the corresponding month of 2017. In March over a half of the branches of…
The volume of public and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in the first quarter of 2018 increased by $1.06 billion in dollar terms, or by 1.4%, to $77.37 billion as of March 31. In hryvnia equivalent, public debt over the said period decreased by UAH 88.09 billion, or by 4.1%, to UAH 2.054 trillion, according to…
Belarus plans to refinance 75% of the external debt, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) Pavel Kallaur declared. He spoke about the latest decisions of the government. He said that 75% of the external debt would be refinanced and 25% would be repaid from the revenues the…
Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Dmytro Sologub says the central bank’s tighter monetary policy will help to curb inflation to 5% by the end of 2020. “A tighter monetary policy will help to return inflation to the target range in the second half of 2019 and reduce it to 5% at…
Ukraine in January-February saw its major export flows directed toward the European Union member states, Singapore, Belarus, Turkey, Moldova and Iraq, according to Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman. “Exports grew the most to the EU, that’s by 36.2%, totaling EUR 3.3 billion. Sales of Ukrainian products to Singapore, Belarus, Turkey, Moldova and Iraq increased…
The exports of Ukrainian goods grew to $7.4 billion in two months of 2018. “In two months of 2018 the exports of Ukrainian goods totaled $7.4 billion (up by 17.9% YoY),” Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman posted on Facebook. As the Prime Minister noted, the exports to the EU showed the highest growth, up…
Micro, small and medium-sized private businesses in Tajikistan will now benefit from a new Regional Small Business Program (RSBP) launched in Dushanbe on April 19, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Resident Office in Dushanbe reported. The EU-funded and EBRD-managed project is reportedly designed to transfer know-how in the field of micro, small…