Economy
Energy
OPINION: Ukraine Should Allow Gas to Transit
Contract with buyers, take the profits and leave Russia with only subsistence.
Dec. 22, 2024
Bond Market Insight: Restrained Reaction to Key Policy Rate Hike
The volume of demand for bonds decreased almost threefold in the latest auction. Bond Market Insight for Dec. 19
Dec. 20, 2024
Energy
EU Leaders Call For Increasing Electricity Exports to Ukraine
EU leaders condemned Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure, urged more electricity exports, and called for greater integration of Ukraine’s energy systems with the EU.
Dec. 20, 2024
Zelensky
Ukraine is Getting Its Own Capability to Strike Deep into Russian Territory
Deprived of the unrestricted use of long-range Western weapons to attack Russian bases, Ukraine has come up with its own weapons that blur the line between missiles and drones to fill the gap.
Dec. 18, 2024
ICU Weekly Insight: First Key Rate Hike Since 2022
Central bank interventions increase sharply as it battles inflation. Weekly Insight for Dec. 16
Dec. 16, 2024
Economy
Medical Reform: Will Ukrainian Scientific Institutions be Converted into Hospitals?
Ukrainian medical science, which withstood the difficulties brought about post-Soviet underfunding and a lack of strategy, may finally change – not necessarily for the better.
Dec. 14, 2024
Ukraine
EBRD, Aon Launch War Risk Insurance to Cover Ukraine’s Domestic Cargo
EBRD wants to create insurance protection for domestic cargo, motor vehicle damage, and railway rolling stock since the internal financial market does not cover these categories.
Dec. 13, 2024
Ukraine
Central Bank Raises Key Rate to Tame Inflation Rise
Inflation increased above the central bank’s maximum forecast, forcing monetary governors to lower the heat by raising the key rate by half a percent– but it should decelerate in 2025.
Dec. 12, 2024
Bond Market Insight: Military Bonds Saw Huge Demand For Two Months
Demand for UAH bonds remains high. Bond Market Insight for Dec. 11
Dec. 12, 2024
ICU Weekly Insight: Central Bank Reserves Hit $39.9 Billion
Bond market focuses on reserve securities and hryvnia strengthens despite much larger FX shortage. Weekly Insight for Dec. 9
Dec. 10, 2024
Ukraine
Ukraine’s 2025 Economic Forecast: GDP Growth, Inflation, Ongoing War
Consensus forecasts from investment banks and thinktanks foresee Ukraine’s 2025 GDP rising to $200 Billion and inflation tapering off slightly at about 7 percent.
Dec. 9, 2024
Russia
‘An Asset No One Can Freeze’ – Russia Renews Its Fascination With Gold
Faced with few options to finance its war on Ukraine, the Kremlin has boosted its gold holdings to record levels, sold on “trade routes” for hard currency. Spot prices have soared.
Dec. 8, 2024
Ukraine
Ukraine’s Restoration Agency Chief on Post-War Regional Business Recovery
In an exclusive interview, Serhiy Sukhomlyn, the new head of the State Agency for the Restoration of Ukraine, describes the proposed change of focus within his ministry when the war ends.
Dec. 7, 2024
Bond Market Insight: New bonds and interest rates correct
Interest rate movements have mostly corrected due to the new maturities and do not indicate a possible NBU key policy rate revision in a week. Bond Market Insight for Dec. 4
Dec. 5, 2024
US
US Hits Russian Elites with Sanctions for Using Digital Assets to Dodge Restrictions
The US has sanctioned five people and four companies linked to a Russian group using digital assets to avoid international sanctions and fund the war in Ukraine with illegal money.
Dec. 4, 2024
MoF refreshes offering of military bonds
Domestic Debt Rollover in November, Hryvnia Weakening and Eurobond Holders Cool Optimism. Weekly Insight for Dec. 2
Dec. 3, 2024
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