In the second half of the year, bank lending rates may return to last year’s levels of 17-18% per annum. Under favorable economic conditions, rates on auto loans, loans for small and medium-sized businesses, and mortgages may align with the 2024 level: They are expected to decrease by an average of one p... #financeUkraine #InterestRate #LendingInUkraine #nbu #UkraineMonetaryPolicy #UkrainianBanks
The NBU will resume reductions in the key policy rate in the second half of the year. Members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank are considering the possibility of easing the interest rate policy in the second half of 2025. However, given the balance of risks, they a... #financeUkraine #InflationinUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu #UkraineMonetaryPolicy
The National Bank of Ukraine keeps the discount rate unchanged at 15.5%. The Board of the NBU has decided to hold the discount rate steady at 15.5% to sustain the foreign exchange market’s stability, control inflation expectations, and gradually reduce inflation to t... #InflationinUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #UkraineMonetaryPolicy
To curb inflation, the NBU raised its key policy rate to 15.5%. The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine decided to increase the discount rate by one percentage point to 15.5% per annum and adjust the parameters of its interest rate policy framework. These decisi... #financeUkraine #InflationinUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #UkraineMonetaryPolicy
Ukraine’s bond market: Investors focus on longer maturities. Last week, investors’ interest in UAH bonds with longer maturities sharply increased as they tried to lock in current YTMs for longer. Taking advantage of the high demand, the Ministry of Financ... #BondMarketUkraine #BondSalesUkraine #financeUkraine #investments #UkraineBond #UkraineMonetaryPolicy
The NBU predicts a further decrease in the key policy rate. Most of the members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank predict a reduction of the discount rate to 14% by the end of the year. They believe that the NBU can return to lowering the d... #financeUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu #UkraineEconomy #UkraineMonetaryPolicy
The prime rate will not change before the end of the year. Most of the NBU’s Monetary Policy Committee members are considering keeping the discount rate at 25% at least until the first quarter of 2024. However, some board members assume that the key rate redu... #InflationinUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu #UkraineMonetaryPolicy
The NBU will continue to pursue a tight monetary policy. To preserve macro-financial stability, the National Bank will conduct a relatively tight monetary policy for the foreseeable future. This position is supported by the members of the Monetary Policy Co... #nbu #UkraineMonetaryPolicy
The economy is not yet ready to return to the floating Hryvnia exchange rate. Maintaining exchange rate stability under the current conditions is the key to price and financial stability, said the Monetary Policy Committee of the NBU. Experts say that exchange rate stability r... #bankingduringwar #nbu #UkraineMonetaryPolicy
