Inflation in Ukraine has fallen below 15%. The supply of food, the strengthening of the hryvnia on the cash foreign exchange market, and an improvement in expectations have all contributed to the slowing of the inflation rate. According to the... #InflationinUkraine #nbu #pricesinUkraine
Demand for labor in Ukraine stimulates wage growth. In the July Macroeconomic and Monetary Review by the National Bank of Ukraine, an increase in employment vacancies indicates an increase in the demand for labor. This is partly due to a seasonal pick-... #JobInUkraine #nbu #SalaryUkraine #UkraineLaborMarket
Business activity results are positive for the third consecutive month. After adapting to the difficult conditions of a full-scale war, Ukrainian business has given positive evaluations of their activities’ results for the third month in a row, according the Busines... #BusinessduringWar #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy
Ukrainians must insert a phone number to replenish their debit cards with cash. Starting August 1, cash deposits through ATM terminals require the payer to enter a mobile phone number. Such norms are stipulated by the resolutions of the board of the National Bank, On Amendments t... #CreditCardsUse #nbu #UkraineCreditCards #UkraineDebitCards
The volume of non-performing loans in banks decreased by UAH 7B. The share of non-performing loans (NPL) in the banking sector fell to 39.1% on June 1 compared to 39.3% at the beginning of May, reported the press service of National Bank. In May, the volume of non-... #BankLoans #CreditPortfolio #LoansUkraine #nbu #NPLukraine
The NBU approves a strategy for easing FX restrictions and will transition to more exchange rate flexibility. “The strategy consists of three main components. These are the easing of currency restrictions, the transition to greater flexibility of the exchange rate, and the return to the principles of inflatio... #financeUkraine #nbu #NBUstrategy #UkraineEconomicStrategy
Half of the loans for green energy are non-performing. The green energy crisis is causing losses for banks – the share of non-performing loans in the industry rose to 51% at the beginning of May, compared to less than 3% before the invasion says a F... #GreenEnergyLoans #GreenEnergyUkraine #LoanPortfolio #nbu #NPLukraine
The NBU revises its forecast for credit losses from 30% to 20% due to the war. According to National Bank, this year, banks have sharply reduced the formation of reserves after showing significant losses from credit risk last year. Since the war began, banks have suffered losses... #CreditRisk #LoanPortfolio #LoansUkraine #nbu #NPLukraine
Ukraine’s residential real estate market is in a deep crisis, it is much more profitable to rent than to buy. The residential real estate market in Ukraine remains in a deep crisis, market factors do not support the prices declared by sellers, and renting has become a much more profitable option for those who... #HousingInUkraine #nbu #RentalHousing #UkraineRealestate
The National Bank of Ukraine is considering reducing the key policy rate. According to the Monetary Policy Committee, the discount rate will decrease by 1-2% starting in July or September. As the National Bank’s press service reports, three Committee members saw room... #DepositsInterestRate #HryvniaDeposits #KeyPolicyRate #nbu
Termination of the grain corridor will put pressure on the hryvnia. “Implementing the termination of the grain corridor will have negative consequences for Ukrainian exports with a corresponding decrease in foreign currency inflows to the country and a possible increa... #agroexportukraine #agroUkraine #GrainAgreement #GrainCorridors #hryvniaexchangerate #nbu
Ukrainian banks noticed a UAH 1.4B increase in consumer deposits last month. The total amount of May deposits by individuals in Ukrainian banks increased by UAH 1.4B and, as of June 1, amounted to UAH 1.0687T, reported the press service of the Guarantee Fund. It is noted that ... #BankDepositsinUkraine #financeUkraine #HryvniaDeposits #nbu #UkraineBankingSystem
In one week, the National Bank sold almost $436M of reserves on the interbank market. During the week from June 19 to 23, the NBU sold $435.82M and bought $8.29M on the interbank foreign exchange market, reported the bank. Last week, the NBU sold $446.76M, and a week earlier, only $292... #CurrencyMarket #CurrencySale #nbu #NBUInternationalReserves
The National Bank of Ukraine predicts an inflation slowdown in the coming months. In May, annualized consumer inflation slowed to 15.3% from 17.9% in April. In the future, price growth will not slow down as quickly, the NBU warns. It is expected that inflation will continue to slow... #InflationinUkraine #KakhovkaHPP #nbu #pricesinUkraine #UkraineEconomy
Ukraine has eased currency restrictions to allow businesses to pay foreign loans. In particular, the National Bank allowed resident borrowers to transfer funds abroad to repay certain categories of external credits and loans. The NBU also determined that residents can carry out sim... #CurrencyRestrictions #financeUkraine #foreignloans #nbu #UkraineEconomy
The NBU leaves its key policy rate unchanged at 25%. Since June of last year, it has remained at 25% per annum. The National Bank believes that this decision will support the attractiveness of hryvnia instruments, contribute to the foreign exchange mark... #financeUkraine #foreignexchangemarket #KeyPolicyRate #nbu
Interest rates on deposits in Ukraine are increasing. In May, bank’s average interest rates on new hryvnia consumer deposits grew to 11.9% per annum from a month-earlier rate of 11.6%. According to the National Bank, rates for new deposits for the public... #BankDepositsinUkraine #DepositsInterestRate #nbu
Ukraine has not printed money for budgetary needs for the last six months. According to the head of the NBU, Andriy Pishnyi, since the beginning of 2023 the government was able to avoid this practice because it has been able to attract 50% more funds through the domestic deb... #AndriyPishnyi #financeUkraine #Hryvnia #nbu #NBUprintedMoney
Inflation in Ukraine continues its retreat. In April 2023, consumer inflation in Ukraine decreased to 17.9% in annual terms. According to the NBU’s estimates, the slowdown in price growth continued in May as well, according to the June Ma... #InflationinUkraine #nbu #UkraineEconomy
The growing labor shortage in Ukraine has stopped the fall in wages. As of June 2023, the real wages of Ukrainians in the private sector have stopped decreasing due to increased competition for employees. According to the June Macroeconomic and Monetary Review from the... #JobInUkraine #LaborMarket #nbu #SalaryUkraine #UkraineJobmarket
Ukraine’s international reserves have increased to an 11-year high. They currently stand at $37.3B, the highest figure since August 2011. The National Bank explained that the reserves grew due to steady inflows from Ukraine’s international partners, which exceeded the... #CurrencySale #financialaidforUkraine #nbu #UkraineInternationalReservs
The NBU continues to increase the sale of foreign currency, and Ukrainians are buying fewer dollars. The net sale of dollars by the National Bank from May 29 to June 2 rose to $457.02M. According to the regulator, the bank bought only $11.93M last week and sold $468.95M. In May, the central bank incr... #currencyexchange #CurrencySale #foreigncurrency #nbu
Bankers positively assess the further development of Ukraine’s financial sector, but corruption has returned as a main risk. A majority of the top managers of banks and non-bank financial institutions surveyed by the NBU reported an improvement in the state of the financial sector over the last six months, with 57% against ... #BusinessExpectation #financeUkraine #FinancialSectorUkraine #nbu #UkrainianBanking
The NBU says that interest rates on deposits will continue to rise. The head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Andriy Pyshnyi, announced this forecast, noting that the projected discount rate will be higher than the current level of banks’ deposit rates for a lon... #AndriiPyshnyi #DepositsInterestRate #nbu #UkraineDeposits
The NBU will discuss easing currency restrictions with the IMF. On May 23, the IMF mission began preparations for the first review of the EFF program with Ukraine. The National Bank said that during negotiations special attention will be paid to the gradual easing... #CurrencyRestrictions #EFFprogram #IMFprogramm #nbu
The Central Bank of Ukraine has presented a new strategy to maintain financial stability. The NBU has developed a new institutional strategy, Financial Fortress of Ukraine, which considers the influencing factors of the Russian invasion on the functioning of the financial system and is foc... #FinancialStabilityUkraine #nbu #UkraineFinancials
The yield on deposits is growing, and loan rates have stabilized. Ukrainian banks continue to compete for clients’ funds, raising deposit rates for both individuals and businesses, the NBU Banking Sector Survey notes. On average, the value of 12-month deposits... #BankDepositsinUkraine #BankLoans #nbu #UkrainianBanks
The Ukrainian government will ease restrictions for businesses. According to EBA, the NBU currently understands that currency restrictions are gradually exhausting their function, and the macroeconomic situation in the country is stabilizing. Because of this, the ... #CurrencyLiberalization #EBA #nbu #ReformsinUkraine #RestrictionsForBusinesses
The NBU is considering the reduction of the key policy rate due to improved FX market conditions. The noticeable improvement of the foreign exchange market has been caused not only by the seasonal increase in the supply of currency by farmers and the decrease in demand for energy imports but also ... #DiscountRateUkraine #foreignexchangemarket #KeyPolicyRate #nbu
Export prices for Ukrainian goods will decrease due to the global increase in inventories. According to NBU estimates, supplies will reach their pre-pandemic level in 2025, that is, at the end of the planning horizon. By the third quarter of 2025, the National Bank predicts a steady decline... #grainexport #nbu #UkraineExport #UkrainianMetalExport
Ukraine’s international reserves have grown to 11-year high. In April, Ukraine’s reserves increased by 12.8%, or $4B, to $35.9B, according to the NBU. The regulator explained that reserves increased due to aid received from international partners, a further dec... #financialaidforUkraine #nbu #UkraineInternationalReservs
Problem loans are accumulating in Ukrainian banks. As of April 1, the share of non-performing loans in bank portfolios was 38.8% and increased by 0.7% during the last quarter. The volume of problem loans amounted to UAH 434B and increased by UAH 2B in... #LoanPortfolio #nbu #NPLukraine #Problemloans
Ukrainians are buying significantly less foreign currency in banks. In April 2023, the population of Ukraine sold $1.3B in cash and non-cash funds to commercial banks and bought $1.5B. According to National Bank data, the net purchase of currency amounted to $224.2M. ... #CurrencyMarket #CurrencySale #foreigncurrency #nbu
For the first time in 1.5 years, Ukrainian business has improved its assessment of its prospects. For the first time since October 2021, the Business Activity Expectations Index rose to 51.5 points in April from 49.5 in March and crossed the neutral level (50 points), according to a study by the N... #BusinessActivityExpectations #businessinukraine #nbu #UkraineEconomy
The Central Bank has reduced the sale of reserves to a minimum due to the fall in demand for foreign currency. In April 2023, the National Bank of Ukraine bought $3.7M on the interbank foreign exchange market and sold $1.374B. The negative balance amounted to $1.37B. According to the regulator, currency sales ... #CurrencySale #foreignexchangemarket #nbu
The Central Bank kept the prime rate at 25% and improved its economic forecast. The Board of the National Bank decided to keep the discount rate at 25% per annum, the Chairman of the Board of the NBU, Andriy Pishniy, said. The NBU noted that the updated macro forecast foresees th... #AndriyPishnyi #InflationinUkraine #nbu #UkraineEconomy
The IMF requests a stability check for the 20 largest banks in Ukraine. The National Bank has started assessing the strength of 20 banks, the leaders in the aggregate of assets, deposits, and individual loans. These bank’s total amount of net assets is more than 90% of th... #BankingStability #nbu #UkrainianBanks
Banks increase lending and ease requirements for borrowers. Banks have significantly improved their expectations regarding the development of lending in Ukraine. In the second quarter bankers predict an increase in demand for retail loans and mortgages most of... #CreditPortfolio #LendingInUkraine #MortgagesUkraine #nbu
By the end of the year, Ukraine’s banks will likely sell over UAH 100B worth of debt at auctions, said the founder of the Investohills group of companies, Andriy Volkov. According to Volkov, banks will have to discount NPLs in order to sell 50-70% of them along with the rest of their portfolios, b... #AndriyVolkov #BankLoans #nbu #NPLukraine
The Central Bank of Ukraine is working on creating an insurance system for military and political risks. The NBU has already prepared an initial concept, which should become the basis for the future draft law, said the First Deputy Head of the Central Bank, Kateryna Rozhkova. She explained that due to th... #KaterynaRozhkova #MilitaryRiskInsurance #nbu
Ukraine’s international reserves have reached the highest level since 2011. In March, Ukraine’s reserves increased by 10.4% to $31.9B, reported the National Bank of Ukraine. The central bank explained that reserves increased because of fund allocations from international part... #financialaidforUkraine #nbu #NBUInternationalReserves
The surplus of food and fuel, the de-occupation of some regions, and the stabilization of the energy system slowed inflation to 22% in March, according to the graph published in the NBU’s Macroeconomic and Monetary Review for April 2023. It is noted that the fundamental inflationary pressure also eased under improving expectations in the co... #InflationinUkraine #nbu #UkraineEconomy
The National Bank of Ukraine will begin diagnostics of banks in April. This year there will be two stages: an asset quality assessment and sustainability of business model analysis, Deputy Head of the NBU Kateryna Rozhkova said. She clarified that the procedure’s p... #KaterynaRozhkova #nbu #UkrainianBanks
The NBU encourages banks to raise interest rates on household deposits. To encourage this, beginning May 11 the National Bank of Ukraine will equate the standards for the formation of mandatory reserves by banks with individual deposits for up to three months to the crite... #BankDepositsinUkraine #InterestRate #nbu
In 2023, the government will pay the NBU more than UAH 80B in bond interest payments. The National Bank of Ukraine expects to receive UAH 81.7B in coupon payments for military bonds purchased from the Ministry of Finance in 2022 if the discount rate remains at 25%, the bank said. From ... #BondsUkraine #GovernmentBondsPayment #nbu
Ukraine has significant demand for dollars, and the foreign exchange market still depends on interventions. This conclusion was reached by the members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank of Ukraine on March 15, when they decided to keep the discount rate at 25%. It is noted that the high l... #DollarDemand #InflationinUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu
Ukraine’s foreign debts have grown to 90% of GDP, and the balance of payments deficit has increased despite Western aid. Ukraine’s gross foreign debt increased by $2.3B in 2022 and amounted to $132B at the end of last year. Concerning the GDP, the amount of debt increased over the year from 64.6% to 89% of its tot... #foreigndebtsUkraine #nbu #ukrainedebt
Banks in Ukraine can double deposit rates for the public. This will not significantly impact banks, particularly the total cost of funding, according to deputy head of the NBU Kateryna Rozhkova. She notes that in December, hryvnia liabilities in the banking ... #BankDepositsinUkraine #KaterynaRozhkova #nbu
The NBU has received a second international Central Banking Award. Ukraine’s central bank received recognition for Initiative in the field of payment and market infrastructure for its work in developing the state remote identification system, BankID. The system prov... #BankIDukraine #nbu
The National Bank leaves its key policy rate unchanged at 25%. The NBU notes that inflation at the beginning of 2023 is slowing faster than expected but remains high. In February, it declined to 24.9% year-on-year. At the same time, it is noted that the duration ... #InflationinUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu
