From London, Timothy Ash speculates that delays in receiving tranches from the $5 billion program could be because Ukraine’s government knows it can borrow at low rates in international markets while it gambles that the Biden administration will eventually lean on the IMF to soften its conditions. Key conditions for a resumption of IMF disbursements are purges of the Higher Court of Judges and the Constitutional Court, steps seen as essential for building a judicial system that investors would trust.
From London, Timothy Ash speculates that delays in receiving tranches from the $5 billion program
