Ukraine’s national debt grew 30.4% last year to a new historical high. As of December 31, 2023, the state’s and state-guaranteed debt amounted to ₴5.519T, or $145.32B, reported the Ministry of Finance. The ratio of national debt to GDP was 85%. State and state-guaranteed... #DanyloHetmantsev #financialaidforUkraine #GDPinUkraine #UkraineBudget2024 #ukrainedebt #UkraineEconomy
The Ministry of Finance has postponed the repayment of Ukraine’s foreign debts, which will save up to $15B. Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko signed an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding that postpones state and state-guaranteed debt payments with a group of official creditors from the G7 and Pari... #nbu #SerhiyMarchenko #ukrainedebt #UkraineDebtRepayment
The IMF supports a moratorium on Ukraine’s national debt payment until 2027. To that end, the restructuring will be carried out by the middle of 2024, said the head of the IMF mission in Ukraine, Gavin Gray. “An ambitious external commercial debt restructuring should be ... #DebtRestructuring #GavinGray #imf #UkraineBudget #ukrainedebt
Ukraine will fully settle with the IMF under the 2018 stand-by program. Ukraine will fully repay the IMF under the 2018 stand-by program, which amounts to $166M at the current exchange rate, said Economist Oleksiy Blinov. According to him, the payment will be provided fro... #imf #nbu #OleksiyBlinov #ukrainedebt #UkraineLoans
How much debt should Ukraine pay off by 2049? Over the next 25 years, Ukraine must pay off more than ₴7T in external and internal debt (in the equivalent). It is worth noting that the Ministry of Finance’s current plans will most likely be adjust... #UkraineBudget #ukrainedebt #ukraineexternaldebt #UkraineInternalDebt
Ukraine has started consultations to restructure the $20B state debt. As Reuters writes, preliminary consultations with foreign bondholders regarding the restructuring of payments began ahead of schedule and have been going on for several weeks. Talks with bondholders w... #DebtRestructuring #GavinGray #imf #UkraineBond #ukrainedebt
Why did the national debt increase by $1.01B in August, and to whom does the state owe the most? According to the Ministry of Finance, Ukraine’s state and state-guaranteed debt increased by $1.01B in August because the state budget received the seventh tranche of €1.5B of macro-financial as... #EUfinancialAid #financialaidforUkraine #StateDebtUkraine #UkraineBudget #ukrainedebt
In the second quarter, Ukraine’s gross external debt increased to 92.7% of GDP. The amount of debt increased by $8.8B and, at the end of the half-year, amounted to $148.6B, the National Bank informs. In the second quarter, the public sector’s external debt increased to $84.... #financeUkraine #GDPinUkraine #nbu #ukrainedebt #UkraineEconomy
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
The US will demand a discount for Ukraine for using loans from the IMF. The US defense budget obliges the US government representatives in international development banks, including the IMF where the US is the largest shareholder, to promote changes in these bank’s polici... #IMFloans #LoansForUkraine #ukrainedebt
Ukraine has managed to reduce its public and private debts. During the third quarter of 2022, Ukraine’s gross external debt decreased by $4.3B to $124.2B. Compared to the beginning of the year, the deficit has fallen by $5.5B. At the same time, according to th... #nbu #ukrainedebt #UkraineGDP
Ukraine must pay $10B in debt by the end of the year. In the third and fourth quarter of 2022, the government, the National Bank, and Ukrainian enterprises must pay $10.1B, of which $7.8B is the principal debt amount and $2.2B in interest, according to t... #nbu #ukrainedebt
Ukraine will ask for a two-year postponement of Eurobond payments. The Cabinet of Ministers instructed the Ministry of Finance to start negotiations with the holders of Ukraine’s Eurobonds regarding delayed payments. Ukraine will ask bondholders to extend the term of... #nbu #UkraineBond #ukrainedebt #UkraineDebtPayment
International creditors have agreed to postpone Ukraine’s payments on Eurobonds. The group of creditor countries is ready for the suspension of the servicing of Ukraine’s national debt from August 1 until the end of 2023 and calls on the holders of its Eurobonds to do so. Th... #ukrainedebt #UkraineDebtPayment #ukraineEurobonds
Ukraine is considering its options to restructure debt. Ukrainian officials are exploring the possibility of debt restructuring as the war-ravaged country’s funding options are at risk of depletion, according to three people familiar with the discussions,... #imf #IMFandUkraine #ukrainedebt #UkraineRestructuringDebt
Ukraine might be given a forbearance for foreign debt payments. The possibility of providing Ukraine with foreign debt payment forbearance is currently being discussed, as announced by the National Bank of Ukraine. Today, the total financial assistance that has b... #Debtforbearance #nbu #ukrainedebt #UkraineNationalDebt
The Ukrainian Parliament wants to start negotiations to write off the national debt. The Servant of the People political party called on the president and the government to start talks with international partners on writing off public debt. The statement was made by the Servant of th... #NationalDebt #NationalDebtWriteOff #ukrainedebt
Ukraine has no problems with the repayment of external debt. Today, the main priority of the Ministry of Finance continues to be ensuring full reinvestment of domestic debt, both in hryvnia and in foreign currency, as stated by Government Commissioner Yuriy Bu... #ExternalDebt #nbu #ukrainedebt #YuriyButsa
Ukraine’s foreign debt should be restructured. Former Chairwoman of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeriia Hontareva believes that Ukraine’s external debt should be restructured by postponing payments for five to ten years, reported NV.ua. “... #DebtRestructuring #ukraine #ukrainedebt
Ukraine will be able to service its foreign debt. Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko believes that Ukraine will be able to service its foreign debt in the near future, he said to Interfax-Ukraine. According to him, the state must pay $200M in May,... #SerhiyMarchenko #ukrainedebt #UkrainePublicDebt
Ukraine is fulfilling its debt obligations and not trying to write them off. Ukraine continues to meet its debt obligations resolutely and has established a Public Debt Service and Repayment Fund, said the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denis Shmyhal. “Ukraine has always fu... #DebtObligations #ukrainebonds #ukrainedebt #ukraineEurobonds
The Chairman of the Accounting Chamber initiates the zeroing of Ukraine’s foreign debt. The Chairman of the Accounting Chamber, Valery Patskan, has called on Ukraine’s creditors to zero Ukraine’s foreign debt. “The scale of the destruction in Ukraine caused by Russia’s ... #ukrainedebt #War #WarinUkraine
Ukraine reduced the share of its debt in 2021. At the end of December 2021, Ukraine’s public debt amounted to UAH 2.36T ($86.6B), about 45.2% of the country’s projected GDP, reported the Ministry of Finance. The total public and stat... #ukrainedebt #UkraineGDP #UkranieRedicedDebt
Ukraine’s public debt will be reduced to 50.8% of GDP. The government of Ukraine plans to reduce its public debt to 50.8% of GDP in 2022, stated The Prime Minister, Denis Shmygal. Ukraine’s government priorities are to continue working with the IMF and to... #PublicDebt #ukrainedebt #UkrainePublicDebt
Government borrowing last year amounted to almost UAH 603B. Actual government borrowing for the 2021 state budget general fund amounted to UAH 602.8B ($22M) or 86.2% of the planned amount for this period, announced the Ministry of Finance. UAH 388.3B ($14B) wa... #ukrainebonds #ukrainedebt #UkraineGovernmentBorrowings
At the end of the year, public debt will be 52.3% of GDP. The national debt per capita decreased by 3.8% in January-October – to UAH 59.1 thousand per person (UAH 2.3 thousand per person compared to the beginning of the year). At the same time, the deb... #PublicDebt #ukrainedebt #UkrainePublicDebt
Ukraine’s public debt will be cut to 56.9% of GDP by the end of 2021 and to 47% by 2024 , announced the Ministry of Finance. Among the goals are: to decrease public debt by the end of 2024 to 47% of GDP; increase in debt denominated in the national currency to 51% of GDP; to extend the a... #debt2022 #PublicDebt #ukrainedebt
Ukraine will pay $14 bln in debt by 2023. The NBU noted that due to the distribution of $ 2.7 bln, Ukraine was able to increase reserves in August to the maximum level since April 2012 to ($ 31.6 bln). Ukraine passed the peak payments on the ... #ukrainedebt #UkraineNationalDebt #UkraineReserves
Ukraine’s public and state-guaranteed debt decreased by ₴ 40 bln ($1.52 bln). As of the end of September 2021, the total public and state-guaranteed debt of Ukraine amounted to ₴2,445.52 bln ($92.02 bln). During the month the debt decreased by ₴39.8 bln and by $510 mln. “... #ukrainedebt #UkrainePublicDebt #UkraineStateDebt
The volume of short-term external debt decreased in the first half of the year by 2.5% – the NBU reported. The volume of short-term external debt with a residual maturity (payments in the next 12 months) for the first half of 2021 decreased by 2.5% to $ 47.3 billion. According to the report, Ukraine’... #ukrainedebt #ukraineexternaldebt
Finance Ministry’s aim in public debt market is to switch to long-term instruments, will dictate conditions , the Minister Serhiy Marchenko told Interfax-Ukraine. It’s striving to be as efficient as possible in the markets of state internal and external debt and to avoid unexpected developments. “We h... #SerhiyMarchenko #ukrainedebt
Ukraine’s government is on a borrowing spree that threatens to stifle future growth, Serhiy Verlanov, former head of the State Tax Service, warns in a scathing critique in the SeekingAlpha financial site. “Ukraine’s debt shot up 18% over the past 25 months, an unprecedented increase, ... #UkraineBorrowingMoney #ukrainedebt #UkraineDebtIncrease
Lyubchenko said he wants banks to move from buying government debt to lending to manufacturers. He said he favors an innovation economy and stress on producing at home rather than importing. “The law enforcement function should leave the economy,” said Lyubchenko, who served for the last year as... #BankingLendingUkraine #BankingUkraine #ukrainedebt
Yuriy Butsa, the Government Commissioner for Public Debt Management, noted that despite the return to the trajectory of fiscal consolidation, Ukraine’s funding needs are still high compared to previous years. “Having successfully implemented a local borrowing strategy in the first quarter, we returned to international capital markets after stabilization to cover some of our foreign exchange needs this year... #ukrainedebt #YuriyButsa
During the first weekend of the ‘enhanced quarantine’ the National Police issued fines to 1,658 During the first weekend of the ‘enhanced quarantine’ the National Police issued fines to 1,658 violators – 1,314 shops, 264 restaurants, 40 shopping centers and 22 fitness centers. In addition, 3,658... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
After a 3-week break for the holidays, the IMF’s Europe Office resumed video talks yesterday with Ukraine’s government After a 3-week break for the holidays, the IMF’s Europe Office resumed video talks yesterday with Ukraine’s government to revive the Stand-By Arrangement signed last June. The program revision was to ... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
Ukraine will spend $20 billion this year to repay principal and pay interest on its public debt Ukraine will spend $20 billion this year to repay principal and pay interest on its public debt, according to Finance Ministry figures. About 72% will go to repay domestic debt and 28% to repay foreig... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
Ukroboronprom, the state arms production conglomerate, and ProZorro.Sale, the online auction platform, signed an agreement yesterday to put up for auction leases on 250 properties Ukroboronprom, the state arms production conglomerate, and ProZorro.Sale, the online auction platform, signed an agreement yesterday to put up for auction leases on 250 properties around the nation wi... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
Details of the properties are posted on the Details of the properties are posted on the Ukroboronprom site under Assets- Investment Property for Rent. These details, plus the mechanics of the auctions, also will be posted on the site of Prozorr... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
Looking at Ukroboronprom’s 137 enterprises, Gusev writes: “ Looking at Ukroboronprom’s 137 enterprises, Gusev writes: “Some will go for privatization, because they produce non-military products, and some will cease to exist.” Of the 137, only 28 –or 20% ... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
In the first six months of a government-mandated program of online leasing of state and city properties, more than 5,000 auctions have been held In the first six months of a government-mandated program of online leasing of state and city properties, more than 5,000 auctions have been held, Svitlana Panaiotidi, deputy economy minister, told rep... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
The US has added seven Ukrainians and four media sites to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List The US has added seven Ukrainians and four media sites to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List for attempting to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, the US Treasury Dep... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
Imported used cars accounted for 80% of the 438,900 first time car registrations in Ukraine last year Imported used cars accounted for 80% of the 438,900 first time car registrations in Ukraine last year, reports Ukrautoprom, the vehicle industry association. Last month, about 40,000 used cars were re... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
Traffic congestion increased in Kyiv last year by about 5%, Traffic congestion increased in Kyiv last year by about 5%, reports the Center for Transportation Strategies, citing the City’s Traffic Center. Traffic on Kreshchatyk increased by 5-10%. Traffic Brova... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
Despite the global recession, Ukraine’s steel companies increased rolled steel production by almost 1% yoy, to 18.3 million tons. Despite the global recession, Ukraine’s steel companies increased rolled steel production by almost 1% yoy, to 18.3 million tons. Steel smelting decreased by 1.4% to 20.5 million tons. But pig iron pr... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
Consumer prices grew 5% last year Consumer prices grew 5% last year, inside the government’s inflation target range and slightly higher than in 2019, the State Statistics Service reported yesterday. Previous annual inflation rates wer... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
Ukraine’s economic recovery will be slower than expected, coming in the spring Ukraine’s economic recovery will be slower than expected, coming in the spring, the Economy Ministry predicted yesterday. Reversing an earlier prediction of economic growth in the first quarter of 202... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
The first 700,000 coronavirus vaccines could arrive in Ukraine by the end of February The first 700,000 coronavirus vaccines could arrive in Ukraine by the end of February, Valeriy Pechayev, CEO of the importing company, Lekhim, told reporters yesterday. Contracted to import 1.9 millio... #CarsalesinUkraine #ChineseVaccine #ConsumerPrices #Deb Repayment #SteelProductionUkriane #SteelUkraine #TrafficinKyiv #ukrainedebt #ukroboronprom #UsedCarsImport
AVELLUM law firm is emerging as Ukraine’s leading advisor on Eurobond issuances, advising on $1.2 billion worth of bonds AVELLUM law firm is emerging as Ukraine’s leading advisor on Eurobond issuances, advising on $1.2 billion worth of bonds in the second half of 2020. They were: Kernel’s $300 million offering of 2027 n... #aboutukraine #debt #debtpayments #lithium #mininiglithium #privatetrains #ukraine #ukrainedebt #Ukrainenews #ukrainetoday #UZ
Since freight service started in June 2020, 22 Chinese container trains have arrived at Kyiv-Liski Left Bank station Since freight service started in June 2020, 22 Chinese container trains have arrived at Kyiv-Liski Left Bank station, reports Ukrzaliznytsia. The trains take about two weeks to travel 9,000 km from Ch... #aboutukraine #debt #debtpayments #lithium #mininiglithium #privatetrains #ukraine #ukrainedebt #Ukrainenews #ukrainetoday #UZ
