The increase of the minimum wage in Ukraine from UAH 5,000 to UAH 6,500 in 2021 may increase the state budget deficit to more than 6% of gross domestic product. This is stated in the economic review of the World Bank.
In addition, the increase in the minimum wage will increase the overall need to finance the expenditure side of the state budget to more than 13% of GDP.
Risks for Ukraine are associated with significant financing needs, with the need for payments on the public debt in 2021 and 2022 will exceed 7% of GDP, according to the World Bank estimates.
At the same time, Ukraine expects to receive $ 2.9 billion in additional official financing from the IMF, WB and EU by the end of this year. If they are delayed, the government will have to limit spending or borrow more domestically, the World Bank said.
The decision of the Constitutional Court violates Ukraine’s obligations to Western creditors. This was reported by the Ministry of Finance with reference to the statement of the head of the department Serhiy Marchenko. He addressed to the assessments of the World Bank management regarding the decision of the Constitutional Court on the officials’ e-declarations. “They […]
The European Union has expressed its readiness to help Ukraine to gain access to the coronavirus vaccine. This is stated in a statement following the summit, the text of which was published on Monday, October 6, on the website of the European Pravda. The parties agreed that a pandemic threatens the entire world and its […]
The IMF said that the continuation of Ukraine’s financial support program depends on the independence of NABU, SAP and HACCUkraine. This was stated by the representative of the International Monetary Fund Jerry Rice, on September 10 in Washington. “I can say that the creation of an effective anti-corruption base for Ukraine has been a crucial […]
The world economy is on the road to recovery amid the pandemic COVID-19, however, the final completion of the corona crisis is possible only in the case of mass use of the vaccine. This was stated by IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva and Chief Economist of Fund Gita Gopinath in their joint paper of the magazine […]
One hundred thirty countries have joined the large-scale reform, which includes a global tax on digital corporations and will reduce the opportunities for international companies to evade taxation. Taxing large corporations with a 15 percent tax can bring states $ 150 billion annually. The most important tax agreement in a century One hundred thirty countries, […]
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The German publishing holding Axel Springer will purchase the Politico policy site. This was reported by the press service of Axel Springer. The holding has signed an agreement with the founder and publisher of Politico, Robert Allbritton, to acquire the American company Politico and the news website Protocol, which specializes in the technology sector. The […]
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00The cost of bringing a claim against a bank in the London courts has skyrocketed with claimants exposed to costs of up to £10m, say senior litigators. The debate over costs follows a string of high-profile civil litigation and investor claims against banks filed at the High Court in recent months. Banks including Barclays, Lloyds […]
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The net loss of the American oil service company Halliburton Inc., attributable to the main company, in January-September amounted to 2.71 billion dollars against the profit of 522 million a year earlier, according to the company reports. Halliburton’s diluted loss per share in the reporting period was $ 3.08 against earnings of $ 0.6 a […]
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The Supreme Commercial Court of Ukraine overturned the decision on the recovery of a fine in the amount of 72.7 million UAH to PJSC Arcelor Mittal Kryvyi Rih. This information was reported by the representatives of the Ukrainian industrial complex on December 20th. According to a statement, prosecutors claim was rejected, and the previous decision […]
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In 2019, Ukraine and Austria hold the Bilateral Cultural Year. Its official opening and the launch of the website austriaukraine2019.com took place on 22 February in Kyiv. The ceremony and the reception were attended by diplomats and cultural influencers of both countries. The Bilateral Cultural Year in Ukraine was inaugurated by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary […]
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KSG Agro agroindustrial company (Dnipropetrovsk region) initiates the restructuring of debt in the amount of $ 20 million. The company offers compensation to creditors in the amount of 1% of each of the outstanding principal. This was said in a statement of the company. In particular, the Board of Directors announced that the company has […]
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The State Administration of Market Control on Saturday, April 10, announced a fine of 18.22 billion yuan ($ 2.78 billion) from Alibaba for antitrust violations. This is stated in a statement published on the regulator’s website. “Impose a fine of 4% of the company’s domestic sales for 2019 of 455.712 billion yuan, which is a […]
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The price of shares of Coca-Cola today is 13.6% lower than at the beginning of 2020, and the profit with revenues of the second quarter fell by a third due to lower sales in restaurants and entertainments in the conditions of a pandemic. At the same time, shares of Coca-Cola are considered to be a […]
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NPJSC Ukrtransgaz, Engie and its Enegie Energy Management Ukraine subsidiary company have concluded the contracts on natural gas transportation and storage. NPJSC Ukrtransgaz is reported about it.The agreement conclusion has taken place in Paris during Ukrainian and French economy forum . Igor Prokopiv, the President of NPJSC Ukrtransgaz admitted that they were ready to perform […]
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American JP Morgan Chase & Co. could pay the fine of nearly $ 1 billion in the connection with the US government’s investigation into the bank’s operations, reported Bloomberg. “JP Morgan Chase & Co. is preparing to pay nearly $ 1 billion due to the US government’s investigation of the market manipulations related to its […]
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Radisson Hotel Group is proud to be the world’s first hotel group to make all meetings and events across 400+ hotels in its EMEA portfolio carbon negative. For every event taking place at its participating hotels, Radisson Hotel Group will offset double the carbon footprint, to ensure that every meeting has a positive impact on […]
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German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG on Monday took the third package of measures restructuring of business because of poor dynamic aviation market recovery, according to a press release. “Forecasts for international flights have deteriorated significantly in recent weeks. With the end of the summer holiday season, the number of passengers and bookings is declining again […]
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After the closure of the Russian market, Milkiland determined priority markets of the European Union, the Middle East and China. CEO of the company Anatoly Yurkevich said it in an interview with “Business.” “We see a very simple way out of this situation: work in the domestic market, beginning to develop and manufacture products for […]
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Recently the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has approved the imminent agreement to acquire a network of medical centers “Medisvit” by the private clinic “Medikap”. Transaction amount and details were not disclosed at the moment. The “Medical Center” Medikap” company is a private medical facility in Odessa, which had an income of $ 65, 596 […]
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