The Ukrainian Week

27 February, 2021	Breaking news	Ukraine’s debt problem spells trouble If the government continues to pile up debt without necessary reforms, it will set its economy on the road to ruin.
28 March, 2020	Breaking news	Ukraine's national debt slightly down to $83.4 bln In hryvnia equivalent, the state debt also slid by almost 1.5%, to UAH 2.048 trillion
4 July, 2019	Breaking news	Finance Ministry: Ukraine needs to pay $2.7 billion on foreign debt by 2020 Ukraine needs to pay UAH 70.2 billion or nearly USD 2.7 billion (at the National Bank of Ukraine’s official exchange rate on July 3) on its foreign debts by the end of 2019
18 July, 2016	Politics	Putin on the squeeze: The Yanukovych debt The anatomy of Yanukovych’s “loan” from Putin. Should Ukraine repay it?
19 June, 2014	News	Ukraine’s gross external debt falls by USD 4.7bn Ukraine’s gross external debt shrinks 3% in Q1’14, the National Bank of Ukraine reports
4 June, 2014	News	Ukraine repays USD 1bn of public debt On June 3, Ukraine reimbursed USD 1bn-worth of Eurobonds issued in 2012 in full and timely manner, the Ministry of Finance reports
12 November, 2013	News	Financial Times: Franklin Templeton takes $5bn Ukraine debt gamble Franklin Templeton, a big US money manager known last minute bets in the sovereign debt market, has appeared to be the dominant bankroller of Ukraine despite the country teetering on the edge of an economic crisis, The Financial Times reports.
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
4 November, 2013	Economics	Oleksandr Suhoniako: “We’ve passed the critical point and have reached the super-high instability zone” President of the Association of Ukrainian Banks on why foreign banks are leaving Ukraine, local ones are in danger and the NBU is turning a blind eye to all this
5 August, 2013	Economics	Questionable Improvement Ukraine’s seemingly falling foreign trade deficit hides growing negative trends in the economy
22 July, 2013	News	Expert: Ukrainian government is pushing the economy back to the USSR The Ukrainian government may announce a default in Q4’2013 or later because it will not be able to pay its debt liabilities on a timely basis, comments Volodymyr Lanovyi, President of the Centre for Market Reforms
12 July, 2013	News	The government’s pocket banks and companies may get 30-50% discounts to buy promissory notes The government will use promissory notes (veksels) to legalize kickbacks for VAT reimbursement and force entrepreneurs to cover the government’s debt liabilities, writes Zhanna Bezpiatchuk in the next issue of The Ukrainian Week due after July 18.
25 June, 2013	News	*Bloomberg*: Ukraine’s Gross Foreign Debt climbs 0.9% as borrowing increases
17 December, 2012	Economics	Deficit Looming Large The Ukrainian government is likely to take radical steps to close the budget gap
18 June, 2012	Economics	The National Budget and Bureaucratic Brazenness The Ukrainian government is taking money out of the real economy – the receipts of the national budget increased much faster than Ukraine’s GDP in 2010-12
2 June, 2012	Economics	The Illusion of Macroeconomic Stability Economic growth is impossible without macroeconomic stability. The latter is understood as the stability of financial-monetary parameters of a national economy in time.
23 May, 2012	Economics	Tax Noose for a Sick Economy The way the primary income of Ukrainians and Ukrainian businesses is re-distributed through the allocation of tax, pension and social entitlement funds reflects the government’s indifference to their needs.
3 May, 2012	World	Suicide Moods Austerity measures aggravate the troubles of European economies
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
17 April, 2012	Economics	Neither Give Nor Take Six problems Ukraine needs to overcome to be viewed as a bona fide business partner by international financial organisations
30 March, 2012	Economics	Begging for Improvement The Ukrainian government needs new loans to repay old ones. Meanwhile, the economy keeps declining
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
14 October, 2011	Economics	The Bond Game The government is trying to get off the IMF needle but is not prepared for the pain of withdrawal. Ukraine’s sovereign debt and fiscal load are set to grow in 2012, and default may become a reality in 2013