- The Cabinet of Ministers and the Secretariat of the President engaged in procedural squabbles.
- In the first eight months of 2006 real GDP increased by 5.7% yoy.
- Import gas price remains unchanged in last quarter of 2006.
- Current account deficit improved to 1.9% of GDP in the first half of the year.
- The draft State Budget 2007 foresees central fiscal deficit at 2.6% of GDP.
- In September inflation jumped to 9.1% yoy.
- The NBU continued policies aimed at boosting national currency deposits.
MEMU SUPPLEMENT: "President versusu Prime Minister: defining foreign policy priorities"