Infrastructure!  Finally …

Infrastructure! Finally …

By James Brooke, UBN 🔵 With the traditional March start of the roadbuilding season, Ukraine will see this year the largest amount of road construction since Independence 30 years ago. In all, 4,678 km of roads are to be rebuilt this year – 20% more than last year and nearly four times the annual average of 2017-2019. […]

Ukraine takes 11th place for best country for software development

Ukraine takes 11th place for best country for software development

Central and East Europe is at the forefront of offshore software development. As a global technology powerhouse, #Ukraine takes 11th place on the list of the best offshore countries for offshore software development in the world. ICT outsourcing is Ukraine’s second largest service sector with revenues of nearly $ 5.7 billion in 2020 and projected revenues of […]

Bond Yields Continue to Fall

Bond Yields Continue to Fall

James Brooke, UBN 🔵 The Finance Ministry depressed yields on five out of six bonds sold yesterday at auction, the Ministry reports on Facebook. For the hryvnia bonds, yields ranged from 9.2% for 3-month bonds to 12.05% for 3-year bonds. The lone dollar bond, a 1-year bond, went for 3.7%, down 10 bps from the last auction. […]

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Latest News

Provided by James Brooke, UBN 🔵 With demand strong for Ukrainian government bonds, the Finance Ministry depressed yields on all five hryvnia bonds sold at yesterday’s auction, the Ministry reported. With yields dropping from six to 44 basis points, the final range was 9.15% for 3-month bonds to 12.05% for 3-year bonds. The government sold hryvnia bonds […]

KRER Comment on BNE

KRER Comment on BNE

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GDP Returns to Normal

GDP Returns to Normal

By James Brooke 🔵 Ukraine’s economic activity in the fourth quarter of last year was only down 1% yoy, far better than the forecast drop of 3%, Economy Minister Ihor Petrashko told reporters Tuesday at the Ukraine 30 Coronavirus: Challenges and Responses Forum in Kyiv. “Currently, the conditions for economic recovery, in principle, are quite favorable,” […]

Reuters Forecast: Q2 GDP Jumps 10%

Reuters Forecast: Q2 GDP Jumps 10%

By James Brooke Ukraine Business News (UBN) 🔵 Ukraine’s economy will rebound sharply to 10% growth yoy in the second quarter of 2021, breaking five successive quarters of decline, according to a Reuters poll of 12 Ukrainian analysts. The median forecast of analysts has the GDP shrinking by 0.5% yoy in January-March, but then growing by 10.2% in […]

Ukraine’s Economic Comeback!

Ukraine’s Economic Comeback!

  By James Brooke 🔵 Dragon Capital predicts Ukraine’s GDP will grow this year by 5.3%, Tomas Fiala, the investment bank’s CEO, said yesterday at the European Business Association. This would bring the GDP to $171 billion, “a figure comparable to 2013, although we have lost part of the country and part of the economy,” Fiala said, […]

Ukraine to Launch new court to settle non-performing loans

Ukraine to Launch new court to settle non-performing loans

By James Brooke, UBN 🔵 Aiming to cut nonperforming loans in half by 2023, Ukraine is speaking with the IMF about creating a special financial court to settle bank loan disputes, Central Bank Governor Shevchenko told Reuters on Monday. The portion of bank loans judged non-performing is 42%. “That is why we are now discussing the option of […]