Category: 9. Business

Thanks to favorable macro-financial trends, the National Bank of Ukraine has reduced the discount rate from 25% to 13% in one year. However, the NBU does not currently see further prerequisites for lowering the discount rate, according to the Inflation Report. The macro forecast’s base… Continue Reading

The NBU’s basic scenario envisages the preservation of significant volumes of external financing for Ukraine, which, however, will slowly decrease as Ukraine’s ability to fund its budget expenditures with internal resources expands. According to the NBU, Ukraine will receive $38B in… Continue Reading

The creation of a bad asset bank will allow the settlement of current and future problem debts accumulated during the full-scale war, said the head of the Parliamentary Committee on Finances, Danylo Hetmantsev. “Over the past 30 years, the world has accumulated significant positive experience… Continue Reading

Even with a proposed radical tax increase, Ukraine may not fully overcome the fiscal gap that must be closed for effective and timely financing of its military needs. Analysts from RRR4U think tanks have noted that Ukraine is successfully fulfilling all its international obligations that… Continue Reading

The value of shares in leading US and European companies and businesses is rapidly decreasing. First, the reduction concerns assets with a high level of risk. For Ukraine, these events in the financial markets may have delayed consequences in the form of an increase in the value of foreign… Continue Reading

Ukrainian seaports processed 59.9 million tons of cargo in January-July, almost equaling the total figure for last year (approximately 62 million tons). During this time, the ports increased cargo turnover by 74.1% compared to the corresponding period in 2023. In July, the ports increased cargo… Continue Reading

Almost all investors interested in locating production facilities in industrial parks are Ukrainian companies. The share of Ukrainian investors in the total industrial park investment structure is almost 90%. For reasons including high military risks and a lack of effective insurance… Continue Reading

In July, Ukraine sold $2.97B worth of products abroad, 9% more than in June. In metallurgy, records were set in the form of 219,000 tons of semi-finished iron products, which is 83% more than in June and is the best indicator since the war began, said Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras… Continue Reading

There were 27,300 purchase agreements for Ukrainian agricultural land in the second quarter of the year, with a total area of ​​60,800 hectares (+6.3% and +3.3%, respectively, compared to the first quarter), according to a KSE study. Experts noted that the main factor behind the second… Continue Reading

Most employers in the main economic sectors do not plan to increase vacancies dramatically and lay off workers. However, some companies are going to adjust their personnel. They plan to fire employees more often than hire them, according to a survey by the NBU. In the service sector, 77% of… Continue Reading