Экономика и политика

According to a note from the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, industrial output grew 3.1% MoM in June (1.3% MoM growth in May). Therefore, industrial output has fallen 27.5% YoY in June (31.8% YoY decline in May) and 31.1% YoY in January-June (31.9% YoY in January-May).

According to a note from the State Statistics Committee, the merchandise balance dropped 74.9% YoY to USD 2.2 bln in Jan-May 2009. Merchandise exports in Jan-May fell 44.1% to USD 14.4 bln while merchandise imports fell 52.0% to USD 16.6 bln. Compared to Jan-Apr, merchandise exports in Jan-May grew 25.6% while imports grew 24.0%.

The head of the IMF mission to Ukraine Ms. Ceyla Pazarbasioglu has announced that the Ukrainian government and the IMF mission have reached a preliminary agreement to provide with the third tranche of the stand-by emergency loan.

According to an announcement from the IMF, the Fund has reviewed its macroeconomic forecasts for Ukraine.

According to a note from the National Bank of Ukraine, foreign reserves dropped USD 448.7 mln (1.6% MoM) in June and have reached USD 27.34 bln. The YtD drop, therefore, has reached 13.3% (USD 4.2 bln).

According to a note from the State Statistics Committee, CPI grew 1.1% MoM while PPI grew 1.4% MoM in June. Therefore, CPI has grown 15% YoY and 8.6% YtD while PPI demonstrated a 0.9% YoY decline and 4.2% growth YtD.

According to a note from the National Bank of Ukraine, FDI fell to USD 1.8 bln in January-May, compared to USD 4.3 bln a year ago.

According to a note from the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF), the annual privatization plan in 1H09 is 94.2% below target, with UAH 501.5 mln ( USD 65.8 mln) collected so far. Specifically, in January-May, the SPF collected UAH 493.1 mln (USD 64.5 mln).

According to a note from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the balance of payments deficit grew slightly in May by USD 275 mln and reached USD 6.556 bln in January-May.

The Ukrainian parliament has passed amendments to the law on the National Budget requiring the National Bank of Ukraine to transfer UAH 9.8 bln (USD 1.3 bln) of profits to the State Budget.