On September 14-18, the National Bank sold $ 71 million in currency on the interbank foreign exchange market.
At the same time, the National Bank did not buy foreign currency in its international reserves during the reporting week. Therefore, the National Bank for the first time in the late July sold the currency on the interbank market to support the hryvnia.
Since the beginning of the year, the NBU has bought $ 4509.4 million worth of foreign currency on the interbank market and sold it for $ 3362.8 million. Net purchase of foreign currency by the National Bank since the beginning of the year was $ 1217.6 million.
The Supreme Court declared Astra Bank insolvent, the press service of the National Bank reports. By its decision, the Supreme Court overturned the decisions of the Kyiv District Administrative Court and the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal, which found the central bank’s actions illegal. The NBU reminded that Astra Bank is the only bank that […]
The National Bank did not go out this week with interventions on the interbank market, according to the press service of the regulator on Friday, November 27. The Central Bank has been refusing to buy or sell currency for three weeks in a row. At the same time, since the beginning of the year, the […]
The fall of the hryvnia will not happen again in the event of a full lockdown, as in March, assured the director of the open markets department of the National Bank Oleksiy Lupin. “We do not expect a repeat of the March events in the foreign exchange market, because in March it was something new, […]
The court satisfied the claim of the state-owned PrivatBank to Agroterminal and decided to collect UAH 1 billion in debt from it as a guarantor of Boryvazh. This is stated in the decision of the Commercial Court of Odessa region. According to court materials, PrivatBank terminated the loan agreement due to the debtor’s breach of […]
The defining reason for the depreciation of the hryvnia against the dollar and the euro in the third quarter was the deterioration of business expectations. Deteriorating expectations created increased demand for the currency, which turned out to be higher than supply. This contributed to the devaluation pressure in the foreign exchange market in the III […]
In July-September 2020, Ukrainian banks closed 251of the structural subdivisions, reducing the regional network to 7329 branches by October 1. This is stated in the data of the National Bank. Most branches in the third quarter were closed by the state Oschadbank – 166, reducing its total number to 1931. During the same period, the […]
Before the fall of the economy in the second quarter of 11.4% led to strict quarantine restrictions and declining demand, as well as reduced investment. This is stated in the report of the National Bank. “The main factor in the deepening decline in GDP was expected to be a reduction in domestic demand. It is […]
In the second quarter of 2020, Ukraine’s gross external debt increased by $ 2.5 billion and amounted to $ 122.8 billion, according to the National Bank. In terms of GDP, debt increased to 78.8% from 75.1% at the end of the first quarter. At the beginning of the year the figure was 78.6%. “External debt […]
Over the past three years, the number of vacancies in the world has tripled with a four-day working week. Their number increased to 62 per 10,000. It is noted that the effectiveness of the reduced working week is also confirmed by the results of research conducted by the British think tank Autonomy. “The four-day week […]
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Ukrainian commercial organization McDonald’s Ukraine Ltd., owned by Golden Arches Eutopians Holdings B.V. Dutch company, has increased in the past year, investment in the improvement of the network of Ukrainian fast-food restaurants. As UNIAN reported earlier, the rate of investment rose by 23% which amounts to 270 million UAH. It is also known that in […]
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On Thursday, January 19 it was a press conference with the top management of the company WOG. As we have noted in the previous news, its top management discussed topical issues on the development and expansion of its business in the current year. One of the points of the plan for the improvement of the […]
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Russia’s pipelayer Fortuna has resumed work on laying the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline in Germany’s exclusive economic zone, DPA reported, citing the press service of the Nord Stream 2 AG project operator on May 23. “Fortune is currently operating in German waters in accordance with existing permits and with statements made by the authorities,” the […]
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Банк Англії підвищив базову процентну ставку максимальними темпами з 1995 року, на 50 базисних пунктів – до 1,75% із 1,25%. Про це повідомляється на сайті регулятора. Сама ставка зараз перебуває на максимальному рівні з грудня 2008 року, коли вона становила 2%. Банк Англії прийняв таке рішення на тлі високої інфляції, яка зараз становить 13%. Регулятор прогнозує, […]
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Deutsche Bank was able to resolve the conflict with the US regulator, agreeing with the charges of tax evasion and taking on the obligation to pay a fine in the amount of $ 95 million. It is reported by financial portal MinFin with reference to the foreign sources. In a statement, the bank’s press secretary […]
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Warren Buffett’s US company – Berkshire Hathaway intends to invest more than $ 570 million in Snowflake, a cloud technology company. It was reported after Snowflake announced a price range for its future initial public offering. The company wants to get the estimate of $ 23.7 billion, writes the Financial Times. Snowflake said that during […]
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The price of Brent oil may rise to $ 100 per barrel by 2022, according to a report of Bank of America. Analysts of the organization have found six reasons for this development. Three reasons are related to demand and three – to supply. The first point is the delayed demand for fuel after lockdowns, […]
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The Roshen Confectionery Corporation plans to invest € 25 million in the construction of the second stage of the Vinnytsia dairy plant. This was announced by the director of the plant Dmitry Roshupkin, – writes the “Interfax-Ukraine”. “We have already started designing the second stage, the first piece of equipment has been already in order. […]
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In the structure of total turnover in 2015 was dominated transshipment of grain crops – 55.3% (2.32 million tons). Total the terminal transshipped 4.2 million tons. Marine Terminal “Nika-Tera” handled 236 ships in 2015, overloaded 4.2 million tons of cargo, – reported AgroTimes. “The volume that we had planned to port transshipment in 2015, carried […]
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The Ukrainian Sokil-300 drone is an analogue of the Turkish Bayraktar and it may join the army next year. The head of Ukroboronprom Igor Fomenko announced it in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. “This is an analogue of the same Turkish Bayraktar. With funding it may already be adopted in a year,” he said. Fomenko says […]
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SoftServe is expanding its presence and opening new office spaces in four cities — Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Uzhhorod, and Odesa. They are available for 250 people working in these regions as well as other employees. The coworking in Vinnytsia where SoftServe has around 50 employees is already fully operating. Odesa is the next — office space […]
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The Luxembourg National Data Protection Commission has fined Amazon $ 887 million for violating the processing of users’ personal data. The Commission has decided that the processing of Amazon’s personal data does not comply with EU data protection regulations. Claims are related to showing customers relevant advertising. This is a record fine for such violations […]
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Georgian Manganese temporarily suspends all works on the extraction and enrichment of manganese ore in the Chiatura mine (formerly JSC “Chiaturmarganets”, Georgia, Imereti). According to American Metal Market, the activities will be stopped starting from January 20, due to poor market conditions in the global markets of steel products. Stop of Enterprice , which is […]
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One of the largest supermarkets in the USA – Whole Foods was in the midst of a large-scale scandal. As a result, a spot check of stores, which was produced by regulatory agencies in New York, was found mismatch on the price tags of products, a total of 80 items. For various purchases that were […]
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Ukrainian state bank claims Sberbank of Russia in violation of intellectual property rights. State Savings Bank of Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against Sberbank of Russia for copyright infringement.Oschadbank insists on the illegality renaming of Ukrainian “daughter” of the Sberbank of Russia in Sberbank and alleges a violation of their intellectual property rights. The suit […]
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