Loyalty programs: How to earn or save on banking services
Most Ukrainian banks carry out various promotions and pay bonuses to their clients. The Ministry of Finance has collected the most interesting proposals that will help increase the return on deposits or save on purchases.
Ukraine received a $1.5 billion loan from Japan and the UK
Ukraine received a $1.5 billion loan in support of the Growth Foundations Development Policy Loan (DPL) from Japan and the UK through the World Bank facility.
Ukraine signed an agreement with the United States on deferment of payments on the national debt
During a meeting between the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergei Marchenko and the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, a bilateral agreement was signed on the deferment of payments on the national debt.
Ukraine's GDP grew by 5.3% last year – State Statistics Service< /p>
Ukraine's real GDP at the end of 2023 increased by 5.3% compared to 2022, when the economy fell by 28.8%. Nominal GDP rose to 6.5 trillion last year. This is evidenced by the preliminary assessment of the State Statistics Service.
The state is preparing for the sale of Sens and Ukrgas: how much they can get for them and what awaits clients
The news of the upcoming sale of two state-owned banks, Sense Ban and Ukrgasbank, received wide public response. Therefore, the Ministry of Finance decided to figure out how much financial institutions can be sold for, who will lay claim to them, and what awaits clients after their privatization.
The EU decided not to transfer profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine for 2022−2023 – Media
The EU decided not to transfer to Ukraine the 5 billion euros of profits received from frozen Russian assets in 2022-2023. This amount will remain in the Euroclear securities depository as insurance in the event of Russian lawsuits.
EU ambassadors accepted the continuation of the simplified trade regime with Ukraine< /p>
On March 27, the permanent representatives of the EU member states reached a compromise on the issue of extending the simplified trade regime with Ukraine for another year. The Belgian Presidency of the EU announced this on its page in X. The text of the agreement was approved with the only clarification on the conditions for the application of protective restrictions.
The National Bank is considering the option of pegging the hryvnia to the euro instead of the dollar
In Ukraine, the share of foreign exchange transactions in euros is growing. The NBU assumes that in the near future the question will arise about pegging the hryvnia exchange rate to the euro instead of the dollar.
To the state Ukraine's budget received about $880 million from the IMF
On March 26, Ukraine received the fourth tranche of financing amounting to about $880 million (SDR 663.9 million) from the IMF under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program.
Ukraine's gross external debt increased to 90.7% of GDP
The volume of Ukraine's gross external debt during the 4th quarter of 2023 increased by $10.6 billion – to $161, 5 billion, according to GDP, the debt increased from 89.3% to 90.7%, such estimates were published by the National Bank of Ukraine on its website.
Zelensky signed the law on capital markets: the National Securities and Stock Market asked to veto it
Vladimir Zelensky signed bill No. 5865, adopted in February, aimed at regulating and supervising activities in the capital markets and organized commodity exchanges. The head of the National Commission for Securities and Stock Market (NCSM) Ruslan Magomedov asked the president to veto the bill.
A Loss Register Office was opened in Ukraine: why is this important
On March 22, the Office of the Register of Damage Caused by Russian Aggression against Ukraine was opened in Kiev. The first applications will be accepted for destroyed housing.
The National Bank will transfer 80% of its profits for the past year to the state budget ahead of schedule< /p>
This is agreed in the updated Economic and Financial Policy Memorandum on the EFF Extended Financing Program with the International Monetary Fund.
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