A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in Kyiv this week for a three-day visit to meet with Ukrainian officials. The team will head to Warsaw later this week for the IMF’s review of its loan program for Ukraine that could unlock the next $900 million tranche of aid. Ahead of the visit, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 9 that Ukrainian officials were preparing to present the IMF delegation with a plan that included expanded domestic bond sales, tax hikes, and spending cuts to fill gaps in the budget in the event U.S. aid remains stalled in Congress.
Foreign investors have expressed interest in privatising the currently state-owned Ukrainian banks Ukrgasbank and Sense Bank. Source: Yurii Drahanchuk, the Deputy Minister of Finance, in a comment to Ekonomichna Pravda.
Foreign investors expressed interest in purchasing two Ukrainian state-owned banks, Ukrgasbank and Sense Bank, Deputy Finance Minister Yurii Drahanchuk told Ukrainska Pravda.
In cooperation with Ukrgasbank JSC, the Business Development Fund (BDF) will finance the investments of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in energy saving and energy efficiency. Ukrinform.
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