Weekly Reviews

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Key rate kept unchanged

The NBU has left its key policy rate unchanged at 15.5%, while highlighting upside risks to inflatio...

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Ukraine in default on VRIs

Ukraine missed the scheduled payment on VRIs and is no longer under time pressure to negotiate the r...

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MoF extends offering of UAH bonds

The Ministry of Finance updated the schedule of its bond auctions last Friday and added a four-year ...

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UAH bond trading becoming fragmented

Last week, demand for UAH bonds concentrated mostly in short-term bills with maturity of up to one y...

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NBU reserves surge 10% in April

Gross international reserves of the NBU were up 10.1% in April and 6.6% YTD to US$46.7bn, an all-tim...

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C/A improves on budgetary grants in March

In March, Ukraine’s current deficit narrowed to US$0.9bn as the inflow of foreign budgetary grants r...

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Investors reject MoF's offer on VRI

Last week, the MoF announced the results of its debut attempt to agree the terms of VRI restructurin...

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NBU holds key rate unchanged at 15.5%

The regulator has paused its tightening cycle and now forecasts a rate cut in September. ...

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Monthly inflation surges in March

Monthly inflation surged 1.5% in March, taking the annual tally to 14.6%. Monthly inflation will dec...

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Ukraine GDP slows dramatically

Ukraine’s real GDP grew 2.9% YoY in 2024, below our and market expectations. The 4Q data was particu...