The Ukrainian Week

1 June, 2020	Breaking news	Deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods, services 97% down in Jan-April The deficit of foreign trade in commodities over the period under review shrank by 55%
1 March, 2020	Economics	The coming crisis More and more signals are indicating that, after four years of renewed growth, Ukraine could be facing an economic downturn in 2020
21 February, 2020	Economics	A dangerous euphoria Renewed growth will exhaust its potential in 2020 with nothing created to replace it
6 February, 2020	Economics	Drive, not drag What kind of military-industrial complex could become the driver of economic and technological growth in Ukraine
2 February, 2020	Society	The age of marauders The economic crisis in occupied Donbas is getting worse. Marauding seems to be the rule of the day
15 January, 2020	Economics	In the trap of luxury Current economic trends towards a stronger hryvnia, bigger debts, and imported goods that threaten domestic manufacturers pose serious threats
11 December, 2019	Economics	Break out of the vicious circle How international trade relates to economic lag and poverty in Ukraine
5 November, 2019	Economics	The great balancing act What kind of impact is long-term uneven economic growth in Ukraine’s regions likely to have?
4 November, 2018	Economics	System recovered. Now back it up Economic growth in most oblasts has reached pre-war levels or even passed them. What prospects does Ukraine face now?
7 September, 2018	Economics	The global boiling point The threat of a new global economic crisis looms
6 July, 2018	Economics	Breaking through the asphalt What’s happening with Ukraine’s exports?
5 February, 2016	Economics	Leaving the Worst Behind Ukraine’s economy will start moving upwards and gain momentum gradually
10 June, 2014	Economics	Money of the Donbas The unrest in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts has deep underlying causes. Unless removed, they make a prospering Donbas as part of Ukraine a mission impossible
20 May, 2014	Economics	Resuscitating Ukraine’s Moribund Economy Ukraine is currently the bottom of an economic cycle, but some indicators suggest the first signs of growth. The government’s ambitious reform plan gives hope that the country will bounce back
4 November, 2013	Economics	Who Says Bankers Can Relax? Having survived a harsh liquidity crunch last year, the Ukrainian banking system now seems fairly stable. This impression is misleading
21 October, 2013	Economics	The Gated Globe Governments are putting up impediments to globalisation. It is time for a fresh wave of liberalisation
21 October, 2013	Economics	A Burden on the Economy While tycoons pay most of their taxes offshore, the budget crisis is escalating along with increasing tax pressure on non-oligarch businesses
7 October, 2013	Politics	After Them the Deluge While the economic crisis in Ukraine escalates, the government focuses exclusively on replenishing the current budget deficit
4 October, 2013	Economics	Capital Outflow Emerging economies have enjoyed a steady inflow of capital in recent years. It boosted their development and stock markets. This flow is now reversing, hitting many of them hard. Ukraine is one of the first to suffer
4 October, 2013	News	Another foreign bank to leave Ukraine Italian UniCredit Group starts searching for a buyer of UkrSotsBank it acquired six years ago for USD 2bn
30 September, 2013	News	*Ex-Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk*: The government has spent USD 16bn to support stable hryvnia exchange rate over the past two years Since mid-2011, Ukraine has spent USD 16bn of its international reserves to keep hryvnia exchange rate unchanged. Ex-Finance Minister and current MP Viktor Pynzenyk said this in his interview for Inter TV channel, Ukrayinska Pravda, an online publication, reports
9 September, 2013	News	*The Economist*: Ukraine is among top 10 emerging markets most vulnerable to a freeze in capital inflows The risk of an abrupt end to capital inflows is now a worry for much of the emerging world, The Economist suggests. Turkey tops the list. Ukraine comes sixth
21 August, 2013	Economics	A Road Map for Economic De-Sovietization A profound reboot of Ukraine’s socio-economic system is the only way to transform it from an uncompetitive Soviet fragment to a modern dynamic economy
5 August, 2013	Economics	Questionable Improvement Ukraine’s seemingly falling foreign trade deficit hides growing negative trends in the economy
23 July, 2013	Economics	Cure for Poverty Polish reformer Leszek Balcerowicz on how Ukraine can embark on market reforms
10 July, 2013	News	EBRD plans hryvnia bonds, swaps and money market deals in Ukraine The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the largest financial investor in Ukraine, plans to start borrowing in hryvnias on the local market to fund further hryvnia lending, Reuters reports
5 July, 2013	News	*Standard & Poor’s*: Ukraine and Turkey are the liquidity squeeze liders Ukraine and Turkey are among the most vulnerable to an external funding shortfall in emerging markets as investors cut their holdings off the region’s bonds, according to Standard & Poor’s. Reports Bloomberg
5 July, 2013	Economics	Systematic Recession Why Ukraine’s economy and public finance are in a much worse state today compared to 2012
2 July, 2013	Economics	The Illusion of Big Business High deposit rates with zero inflation, expensive loans and a production sector underfinanced by banks whose funds are channelled to support the cash-starved budget are all results of the government’s detrimental economic policies
20 May, 2013		Global economy will face a major relapse of the 2008-2009 downturn if developed economies do not deal with obvious risks Interviewed by Lyubomyr Shavalyuk
3 May, 2012	Economics	The Eurozone Crisis: What It Means For Ukraine To understand how the eurozone crisis may develop – and how it may affect Ukraine – we first need to understand how the euro got into such a mess in the first place.
27 April, 2012	Economics	Capital Drought The Ukrainian Investment Summit in London has once again proved that the Ukrainian government does not take attracting foreign investments very seriously
24 February, 2012	Economics	Addicted to Spending Despite the global crisis, Ukraine is increasing its foreign debt while producing and selling less and buying more
6 February, 2012	Politics	Davos and Cherry Varenyky Attendees at the 2012 World Economic Forum in Davos primarily discussed the future of capitalism and a coming “great transformation.” Guests at Viktor Pinchuk’s “Ukrainian dinner” were told, unconvincingly, that Kyiv is on the right track.
28 December, 2011	Economics	Big-time Loss Switching to rubles in gas payments may undermine favorable trade agreements and pose currency risks
23 December, 2011	Economics	An Extra Pair of Hands The government should have embarked on modernizing the Ukrainian economy yesterday. Today, 46 million people are far too many for it. Tomorrow could be even worse
1 August, 2011	Economics	Inflation Springboard Memories of last-year’s government moves in the agricultural sector are still fuelling prices
31 May, 2011	Economics	Camille Magnard: “Kryvorizhstal Is a Reflection of Contemporary Ukraine” The French journalist Camille Magnard speaks about why the ex-CEO of Kryvorizhstal failed to stand the test of Ukrainian reality Camille Magnard’s report about Kryvorizhstal entitled “Arcelor Mittal tested by Ukrainian steel” and broadcast by Radio France Internationale on 2 March 2010, won the Louise Weiss Prize, an annual award from the Francophone section of the Association of European Journalists
11 May, 2011	Economics	Turning into a Lumpen Nation The ten-year program to overcome poverty in Ukraine is a fiasco as some regions have actually found themselves on the verge of poverty
6 April, 2011	Economics	Mothballed Banks A borrower’s reputation and prospects are becoming more important than collateral in lending