Razumkov too independent for President Zelensky. Deputy speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk likely to become next speaker.

Monetary policy: Inflation accelerated across the region in 2021 and most of regional central banks continued monetary policy tightening in Sept-21. After the 5th interest hike from the central bank, Armenia’s Dram also strengthened, up 1.4% m/m in S...

Debt likely to decrease significantly in September. Public debt up USD 2.3bn over January-August.

The IMF confirmed at its regular press briefing yesterday that a virtual review mission is planned for Ukraine later this month, consistent with comments on timing that had been made during the summer. The IMF might decide to combine the first and se...

Funds to arrive at end-October. Ukraine probably achieves progress also with IMF.

Ukraine's central bank increased its policy rate by 50bps today, as expected according to the market consensus, taking the main rate to 8.5% as inflation (now 10.2% yoy) has increased further above the National Bank of Ukraine's (NBU) 5% (+/-1ppt) in...