Society
9 million euros
will allocate the European Union to support international organizations, internally displaced persons, located in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the head of the EU delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli.
57.7% lower
the economically justified level, there is now the cost of electricity for the population, the National Commission carrying out regulation in the sphere of energy and utilities. Therefore, even after the last planned phase of the tariff increase, which will occur in March 2017, the total elimination of cross-subsidies in the electricity market will not happen.
6.5 billion UAH
provided for in the budget for the program for the development of weapons and military equipment of the Armed forces in 2017, distributed by the Cabinet. UAH 5.6 billion allocated for the purchase and modernization of armament and military equipment, 520,5 million on research and development, 242,2 million on creation of the uniform automated control system of the APU.
5% of rent
from oil, gas and condensate will be sent to local budgets from 1 January 2018, the relevant law was signed by President Petro Poroshenko. Assumes 2% rent direct to the regional budgets, and 2% in local and 1% to the budgets of local self-government at the location (production) related natural resources. 95% of rents will flow into the General Fund of the state budget.
lowered from 5.5 to 5 cubic meters
at 1 m heating area, the social norm of consumption of gas, also reduced the same social standards of heat and electricity. The changes will come into effect from may 1, 2017, This decline was one of the IMF conditions for Ukraine’s next credit tranche. It will lead to decrease in cost of subsidies.
about 46%
will be in the first half of 2017, the share of loans overdue more than 90 days, according to the NBU. At the end of 2016, the share of such loans in the corporate sector amounted to 27% in the credit portfolio of natural persons – 56%.
on 117,6 billion UAH
has grown for 2016, the deposits of Bank customers, the former solvent at the end of the year. According to the NBU, the increase in deposits was driven primarily by the inflow of funds of business entities.
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about 7.6 thousand Ukrainians
will employ Czech Republic this year, the quota is doubled.
Economy
accelerated to 4,5-4,8%
GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2016, in annual terms, compared with 2% in the third quarter, this preliminary assessment provides the state statistics service.
12.6% of
amounted in annual terms inflation in January, compared to 12.4 percent at the end of last year. Prices for the month rose 1.1% (0.9% in December). The national Bank believes that the dynamics of consumer prices in January were close to projected, while year-end inflation is expected to be within previously established benchmark of 8% plus or minus two percentage points.
41 insurance company
the decision of the financial services Commission in 2016, was disbarred and excluded from the state register, for eight of the insurers cancelled the license. At the beginning of last year, the country registered 361 insurance company, 49 of which specialized in life insurance, 312 – risk insurance.
159 billion
this negative result was the banking system of Ukraine by the end of 2016, thereby updating the historical maximum loss. This was mainly due to the need for reserves in the credit portfolio of PrivatBank, which has a loss of previous periods 135 billion UAH.
five troubled banks
remain on the Ukrainian market, which is not critical for the financial system, said Deputy head of the NBU Ekaterina Rozhkova.
decreased by 4%
in January, the debt of banks to the national Bank issued refinancing loans – to 71.78 billion.
rose 0.2%
over the past year, the assets of operating banks of Ukraine – up to 1,256 trillion UAH. Including the volume of loans decreased by 0.4%, to 1,006 trillion UAH. Also during the year, the number of operating banks in the country decreased by 21 to 96. The number of full-time employees in the banking system in 2016 declined by 9.6 thousand people to 140,1 thousand
565,57 thousand tons
of petroleum products (fuel, lubricants) are imported in January totaling 281,77 million dollars. According to GFS, from Belarus imported fuel 124,36 million dollars, RF – 93,16 million, Greece – 22.16 million In monetary terms, imports of petroleum products last month increased by 61,1% compared to January 2016.
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grew by almost 50%,
the purchase price for milk in Ukraine in January in annual terms, according to the Association of milk producers. Retail milk prices in January compared to December increased on average by 12% to 16.53 UAH per liter. The kefir added to the price of 10% – up to UAH per liter of 25.09. Experts believe that soon the purchasing milk prices will begin to decline.
increased by 1.6%
last year, export of Ukrainian agricultural and food products in Europe, up to 4.2 billion dollars, reported the Ministry of agrarian policy. The main products of Ukrainian exports to the EU last year were cereals, oil seeds, oilseed, fruits and nuts, honey, meats, pastries and juices. The positive balance of agricultural trade between Ukraine and the EU in 2016 exceeded 2.3 billion dollars.
increased 1.76 times
exports of butter from Ukraine in January in annual terms – up to 605 tons, in monetary terms, the exports increased by 2.3 times – up to 2.3 million dollars, according to customs statistics GFS.
increased by 9%
in January, annualized steel production to 2.1 million tons, according to the Association “Metallurgprom”. In 2016, the steel production increased compared to 2015 by 6% to 24.2 million tonnes.
The world
cancelled 30 deals
for the purchase of Chinese investors in 2016 companies in Europe and the United States, their total amount of 75 billion dollars. In 2015, have been cancelled such transactions to 10 billion dollars. The sellers of assets in Europe and the United States are increasingly wary of major deals with Chinese buyers. However, the total volume of Chinese direct investment in the United States and Europe last year doubled to a record of 94, 2 billion.
increased by 5 billion euros
for 2016 the public debt of Greece, to 326,36 billion euros. Country since 2009 is in a deep economic crisis. Over the years the national debt has tripled, and GDP has decreased by 25%. To service the debt, Greece was forced to sign with its international creditors Memorandum on the program of assistance for which the country is obliged to carry out structural reforms in exchange for loans.
increased by 1.1%
global sales of semiconductors in 2016 and reached a historic high of 338.9 billion dollars. Sales of microprocessors increased in China (9.2 percent) and Japan (3.8 per cent). However, in other regions, they decreased in North and South America – 4.7%, Europe by 4.5% in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding China and Japan) is 1.7%.
1918 oil and gas drilling rigs
worked daily in January around the world against 1772 in December. The January level 27 units higher than the same month in 2016, Growth marked the eighth consecutive month. The average number of operating plants in the world in 2016 has been minimal over the past 17 years – 1593 units a Year earlier there were 2337, and in 2014 in the world worked the highest since 1985, the rig count is 3578. The increase in the number of drilling rigs generally has a downward effect on global fuel prices.
