BNE IntelliNews https://www.intellinews.com/ukraine-poised-for-take-off-206242/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Edpicks Ukraine poised for take off When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy took over in April 2019 there was a huge wave of optimism that the country would finally start on the “catch up” growth that had been put off for almost three decades. Pretty much every other country in the Commonwealth of Independent […]
🤝 Kyivans concluded 135 mortgage agreements! (sorry for the click bait). NBU stated that in the regional context, Kyiv is the leader in the number of issued mortgages. These agreements’ total amount is 130.6 million UAH ($4.7mln, $34,800/mortgage) or 40% of the total amount throughout Ukraine. After Kyiv, more mortgage agreements were concluded in […]
🔵 Ukraine’s economy continues its strong post-Covid recovery. The NBU said in a major online press release that “the 2020 GDP fall (by 4.2%) turned out to be less pronounced than expected at the onset of the coronavirus crisis (by 6%). The adverse impact of the stricter quarantine restrictions imposed in January on the economy was only […]
By James Brooke 🔵 S&P Global Ratings re-affirms Ukraine “B with stable outlook” when it comes to long-term and short-term liabilities in foreign and national currencies, said the international agency. 🔵 “Ukraine’s growth, balance of payments and public finances exceeded our expectations in 2020,” S&P said in a press release. The Ministry of Finance has successfully maneuvered through many […]
James Brooke, UBN 🔵 Ukrainians relentlessly move away from cash, indicates a National Bank of Ukraine report for card and contactless payments. Last year, the number of transactions with payment cards jumped 25% yoy, to 5.2 million, with the volume increasing by 23%, to $79 billion. Highlights: Cash transactions dropped by 12% The number of Internet transactions jumped […]
🔵 With foreign investors increasingly believing in Ukraine’s foreign exchange rate stability, the Finance Ministry sharply cut yields by 60 basis points on 3-month papers, to 8.47%; by 13 basis points on 1-year papers, to 10.67%; and by 11 basis points on 1.5-year papers, to 11.04%. 🔵 Foreign investors were the fastest growing class of buyers in February, […]
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. […]