The surplus of Ukraine's consolidated balance of payments in May 2015 was $320 million, which is 3.2 times less than in May 2014, according to preliminary data posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
The central bank said that this is the first positive value recorded in the current year, while in general in the first five months of the current year the deficit of the balance of payments narrowed to $1.79 billion, which is almost twice as good in January-May 2014.
According to the NBU, the current account balance after the two months of positive values in May again slightly went down to negative values, amounting to a mere $10 million, while in May last year the deficit reached $400 million.
At the same time, in May for the first time since the beginning of the year capital inflow worth $330 million was observed as a result of eurobond placement under U.S. guarantees for $1 billion, the NBU said.
