Inflation Accelerated in Ukraine. How Prices Changed
Consumer inflation in Ukraine in February 2025 accelerated to 0.8% compared to January, and reached 13.4% year-on-year. Core inflation was 0.7% per month and 2.0% since the beginning of the year. The acceleration of inflation is due to temporary factors – the summer-autumn drought and structural reasons – an increase in production costs.
The NBU named the reasons for the acceleration of inflation and predicted further price growth
In February 2025, inflation accelerated to 13.4% year-on-year. Month-on-month, prices rose by 0.8%.
Getmancev: Conclusions on the experiment with the National Cashback program are disappointing
The Ministry of Economy has published the figures for the implementation of the National Cashback program. In general, unfortunately, the conclusions from this experiment are disappointing.
Ukraine received the first tranche of $1.7 billion from Canada under the G7 ERA initiative
Ukraine received the first tranche from Canada in the amount of 2.5 billion Canadian dollars (about $1.7 billion) within the framework of the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine (ERA) initiative.
USAID Terminates $75 Million Grant Agreement with Ukraine Energy Support Fund
On February 27, the Energy Community Secretariat received official notification from USAID about the termination of the grant agreement with the Ukraine Energy Support Fund for $75 million.
Gold price continues to rise: exceeded $3000
The price of gold futures for April delivery exceeded $3,000 per troy ounce for the first time.
US Tightens Sanctions on Russian Oil, Gas and Banking Sectors
The Trump administration is imposing additional restrictions on Russia's oil, gas and banking sectors by further restricting Russia's access to U.S. payment systems, CBS News reported, citing four people familiar with the White House's plans.