In the June forecast, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development improved its expectations for Ukraine’s economic growth in 2021 from 3% to 3.5%.
The EBRD forecasts the same growth next year.
The Bank’s analysts believe that the main risks to Ukraine’s economy are related to the slow progress of reforms in the country and the relatively slow pace of vaccination.
“Although the economy declined by 2% year on year in the first quarter of 2021 due to long-term quarantine restrictions, there are signs that it is gradually returning to growth in the second quarter due to higher commodity prices,” the forecast said.
According to the Ministry of Economy, the decline in GDP for the four months of 2021 slowed to 0.2%
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 […]
COMBINE ROAD AND COMFORT Shell is launching a new coffee brand Shell Café all over Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (to replace […]
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 […]
During trading on Monday, October 11, the price of a barrel of Brent oil rose by 2% to $ 84.01. She reached this mark for the first time since October 2018. US WTI oil rose by $ 1.62 to $ 81.3 – the highest price since 2014, according to Reuters. It is noted that Brent […]
The agreement on a single corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent was signed by 136 states, which account for more than 90 percent of world GDP. The agreement is aimed at combating tax evasion by international corporations. The initiative was also signed by countries that were initially opposed to tax reform, such as […]
The savings of Ukrainian citizens outside the banking system are estimated at $ 30-35 billion. This estimate was given by the chairman of the National Bank Kyrylo Shevchenko during the Kyiv Economic Forum. There are different estimates of the “gray” economy. We in the National Bank believe that this is up to 30% of GDP. […]
During the week, the National Bank of Ukraine bought $ 228 million on the interbank foreign exchange market. At the same time, the central bank did not sell currency on the interbank market. So the NBU continued to buy currency on the interbank market, the bank increased it compared to last week ($ 15 million) […]
The new Tesla factory in Berlin may release the first electric cars next month. CEO Elon Musk stated this. Speaking at the plant, Musk said he hoped to get the green light to begin production in the coming weeks. The last consultation on public concern about the plant ends on October 14, after which the […]
Online resource Entrepreneur has published interesting and instructive stories from the lives of American and Canadian founders of the business in which they share the lessons they got from the worse mentors in their life Be a mentor Name: Melissa Ben-Ishay, Company: Baked By Melissa Lesson: The importance of open communication. When I think of the […]
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The downturn in Ukraine’s economy in the first four months of 2021 slowed to 0.2%, according to a preliminary estimate by the Ministry of Economy. “The Ministry of Economy estimates a slight reduction in GDP at 0.2% (down 2% in the first quarter of 2021 by 4.9% over the four months of 2020),” the statement […]
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One of the world’s largest investment banks, Goldman Sachs, has sold shares worth $ 10.5 billion because of large package deals, Bloomberg reports, citing a customer newsletter. The bank sold securities of Baidu Inc., Tencent Music Entertainment Group and Vipshop Holdings Ltd. worth $ 6.6 billion before the opening of American markets. The bank then […]
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As part of the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the UAE, Ukroboronprom signed agreements and contracts with Tawazun Economic Council and EDGE Group to expand military-technical cooperation totaling more than $ 1 billion. The president’s office reports. It is noted that the agreement with EDGE on military and technical cooperation will allow the […]
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Ukrainian IT company the Archer Software has announced an agreement with the American company Cprime. This was reported on the company’s website. The amount of the deal is not disclosed, but the publication Ain says, “According to experts, 100% of the company could be valued at 5-8 million dollars.” But the transaction amount may vary […]
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Bill Ackman, the owner of the Pershing Square Capital Management investment firm recently announced that he sold 5 million shares in a major pharmaceutical company Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Thus, his part fell from 9.9% to 8.5%. In an official statement, which was provided by the USA regulatory authorities stated that the sale aims to cover tax […]
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According to an information of Reuters, Two large Chinese companies plan to construct a solar power station with a capacity of 1 gigawatt in the Chernobyl . For project implementation, the GCL System Integration Technology company intends to get a business with the China National Complete Engineering Corporation (CNCEC). CNCEC was founded in 1985. in […]
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In general, over the past 2 years, the real estate market has shown positive dynamics in almost all segments, especially since the situation has equaled both in the capital and in the regions. Let’s consider more different segments. THE RESULTS OF THE 4TH QUARTER OF 2017 AT THE OFFICE REAL ESTATE MARKET IN KIEV The […]
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During trading on Thursday, Apple’s market of the capitalization fell by 8%, which means a loss of almost $ 180 billion. This is a record daily cost reduction for any company in the history of the American market. However, Apple’s capitalization still significantly exceeds of $ 2 trillion. Excluding 2020, the previous anti-record was set […]
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Founder of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX Elon Musk took second place in the list of the richest people in the world, ahead of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. This was reported by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Over the past 12 months, Mask’s fortune has grown by about $ 100 billion, according to Bloomberg estimates. According to […]
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COMBINE ROAD AND COMFORT Shell is launching a new coffee brand Shell Café all over Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (to replace […]
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The State Property Fund sold the Radyvyliv Bakery in Rivne Oblast at an auction on Monday, August 30, for 147 million hryvnias. This is evidenced by data from the Prozorro system. Two companies took part in the auction, the winner was a small private enterprise Horizont, owned by the deputy of the district council Ivan […]
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The American company Pfizer, which developed in partnership with the German BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus COVID-19, expects revenue from sales of this drug in 2021 for $ 15 billion. This year the company hopes to produce 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine. The drug is expected to generate a quarter of Pfizer’s total revenue, which […]
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Kyiv, Ukraine – February 10, 2021 – Visa announced the 2021 edition of the Everywhere Initiative – a global innovation program and competition for fintechs. This year, the focus is on expansion and accessibility, with Visa offering a one-stop experience to register and learn about upcoming opportunities and competitions – via the global website. Fintechs […]
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The state corporation Saudi Aramco is preparing to place dollar Eurobonds, a source in banking circles said. According to him, the company is considering the possibility of placing up to five tranches of Eurobonds: with a maturity of three years, five years, ten years, as well as thirty and / or fifty years. Starting on […]
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Wary of exceptional access of representatives of China to the latest European technologies, growing business activity and superiority in the competitive strengths of the Celestial Empire, EU representatives propose to establish total regulation, namely The European Commission believes that it should act as a regulator now and tightly control all transactions of the M & […]
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