Highlight: Business confidence - Economic sentiments in Ukraine
Politics: The IMF Mission left without reaching the decision on disbursement of next tranche of loan.
Real Sector: Agriculture accelerated growth to 16.6% yoy due to record harvest.
Sectoral news: The privatisation in energy sector started in October.
External sector: Current account deficit widened to USD 1.5 bn due to growing import against the background of weak external demand.
Fiscal policy: The fiscal deficit remained much lower than planned in the first ten months of 2011.
Social policy: The Pension Fund has a significant liquidity gap, which is covered by the Treasury’s loans.
Labour market: In 2011 wage inequality remained close to last year levels.
Monetary policy: CPI growth slowed further to 5.2% yoy in October.
Financial markets: The demand for state domestic bonds was low in November.