The official exchange rate of the hryvnia has updated its historical minimum in pairs with the dollar
On Thursday, February 22, 2024, the official NBU exchange rate of the hryvnia paired with the dollar updated its historical minimum to 38.6237. In other markets, the hryvnia also fell significantly, only by the end of the week the currency fell slightly in price.
The National Bank changed the currency rules for business
The National Bank is changing certain operating rules from February 21 with currency for business, which are designed to prevent unproductive outflow of capital.
Second year of the war: The number of official millionaires in Ukraine increased by 16%
Last year, 12,374 people declared incomes of more than 1 million hryvnia; over the year, the number of official millionaires increased by 16%.
The Cabinet of Ministers may introduce new taxes to finance the army
< p>The Cabinet of Ministers and representatives of the relevant committees of the Verkhovna Rada are discussing a plan to increase budget revenues by 0.5% of GDP.
The IMF and Ukraine at the expert level agreed on the third revision of the financing program
IMF representatives and the government of Ukraine reached a staff-level agreement (SLA) on an updated set of economic and financial policies for the third revision of the 4-year Extended Financing Agreement (EFF) in amounting to about $15.6 billion.
The EU adopted the 13th package of sanctions against Russia
The EU approved the next, 13th package of sanctions against Russia. It is aimed at further restricting access to military technologies and expanding the list of companies that help in the war – their number has exceeded 2 thousand.
The NBU wants to provide government agencies with access to clients’ bank card numbers
The Ministry of Finance raised more than 16 billion from the sale of bonds
The Ministry of Finance on February 20 at the auction for The placement of domestic government loan bonds (OVDP) attracted the equivalent of UAH 16.62 billion to the state budget, which is UAH 11.17 billion more than last week – UAH 5.45 billion.
