Archive 2002

• Monthly Economic Monitor Ukraine No.12 (26)

  30.12.2003
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  • A new Cabinet of Ministers, headed by Viktor Janukovich, the former governor of Donetsk Oblast, was formed.
  • In response to threatened sanctions from the FATF, Ukraine adopted a law on the prevention of money laundering.
  • The Ministry of Economy reduced its forecast for the yearly real GDP growth to 4.5-4.8% in 2002.
  • A law introducing export tariffs on scrap metal was passed.
  • Parliament passed an unrealistic budget in second reading.
  • The Verkhovna Rada allowed the Government to exceed the marginal limit of internal debt for 2002.
  • The NBU supported two innovative investment projects.
  • Ukraine placed an additional eurobond tranche of USD 260 m.
  Issue:  No.12 (26) December 2002
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