Dragon writes

Dragon writes: “The government has sufficient liquidity buffers to proceed without IMF financing until end-May (assuming full rollover of domestic debt), but faces an increase in fiscal funding needs in 2H21, especially in September, the peak of external debt redemptions ($2.2bn), and December, due to seasonal expansion of the budget deficit (at least half of $8.4bn full-year gap). Thus, authorities would need to secure IMF financing by August at the latest in order to facilitate funding from other sources (IFIs, Eurobond market, foreign inflows into UAH bonds).”