The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised upwards expectations regarding the ratio between Ukraine’s gross foreign debt and GDP in 2016-2017. According to the IMF, the indicator will grow to 141.3% of GDP from 136.4% of GDP (earlier it was excepted to be 152.3% of GDP) and in 2017 it will fall to 136.3% of…
Inflation rate in Kazakhstan hit 6.2% in January-October, Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan reported. Food prices have increased by 5.7%, non-food items’ prices have gone up by 7.6%, and paid services’ prices have increased by 5.4% since early 2016. Kazakhstan’s inflation rate over the 12 months ending in October amounted…
Following a surge of public bewilderment over the riches declared by Ukrainian officials and members of parliament under a new system of electronic declaration of the personal financial status, Ukrainians have come up with proposals to make high-rank personalities invest the resources declared in the national economy. A petition for this was registered at the…
China’s Silk Road Economic Belt concept has been adapting to Russia’s Eurasian integration program, Russia’s ambassador to China Andrei Denisov said. “There has been significant progress in determining the mechanism of interaction between the Eurasian integration project and the Silk Road concept”, the ambassador said. “We have an opportunity to boost cooperation in all areas”,…
Belarus’ foreign trade deficit stood at $2.397 billion in January-September to compare with a $1.844 billion deficit in January-September 2015, according to the National Statistics Committee (Belstat). Commodity exports decreased by 15.7% YoY, to $17.245 billion, while imports decreased by 11.9%, to $19.642 billion. Exports from Belarus included $10.422 billion worth of supplies to the…
Ukraine’s State Property Fund has announced a tender to sell shares of PJSC Odessa Port Plan. The authorized capital of the company is 798544000 UAH. The STF proposes to sell 99.567% shares of PJSC Odessa Port Plan. The starting price is 5.16 billion UAH. The bid increment is 150 million UAH. The tender will be…
Azerbaijani and Swiss financial markets supervisory authorities have great potential to expand the existing ties, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s Financial Market Supervisory Body Rufat Aslanli said at the meeting with the leadership of the Swiss financial regulator. The presentation of activity of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority was held for the Azerbaijani delegation on a…