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The government of Ukraine announced its intention to privatize the incumbent fixed-line telecommunication operator Ukrtelecom. Ukraine’s government needs to achieve high revenues from privatization in order to fund the government budget and to...
While the major share of public debt by most states around the world is owed to institutional investors in the form of wholesale bonds, instruments specifically targeted at retail investors are gaining importance. Indeed, such retail bonds face some...
Deficit was comfortably financed by capital inflows, but since then net capital inflows decreased dramatically and the size and the financing of the current account deficit became an urgent problem for the country. Initially, Ukraine has focused, in...
In April 2008 the National Bank of Ukraine abandoned its policy of a (de facto) fixed exchange rate to the US dollar. The change towards a flexible exchange rate was the right move for fighting inflation back in April 2008 and has since November...
The recent international financial crisis has also hit the Ukrainian banking system. The withdrawal of deposits, a weakening of the hryvnia (UAH) and ownership conflicts around Ukraine's sixth largest bank, Prominvestbank, caused liquidity problems...
Ukraine lacks an efficient system of social assistance. Most social benefits are provided either as in-kind benefits or on a universal basis. The urban population benefited more from the strong economic growth in recent years than the rural...
In a recent Memorandum of Understanding between the Prime Ministers of Ukraine and the Russian Federation, both side accepted adjustments of gas import prices towards the level of "European gas prices" within a transition period of three years, in...
The paper presents the results of empirical models of inflation dynamics in Ukraine over 1999 - 2008. Its objective is to shed light on the sources of inflation during this period, as there is widespread disagreement among policy makers and analysts...
Since the year 2000 the housing construction sector in Ukraine enjoyed very favourable macroeconomic conditions. High liquidity led to relatively low interest rates, while real incomes increased rapidly, thus supporting strong demand for housing. On...
Monetary and fiscal policies have a strong influence on each other. In most cases, policies of central banks and government are of a complementary nature. Most actions taken by central banks to pursue price stability contribute to long-term fiscal...
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