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Key Indicators

Cpi % Change
Ukraine
6.85, 6.72, 8.25, 10.57, 9.22 9.22
Unemployment Rate
Ukraine
9.5, 9.1, 7.8, 9.4, 9 9
Current Account
N.I.E. - Millions Of U.S. Dollars - Ukraine
-166, -50, -876, -190, 414 414
GDP
Total, Volume Index, Y/Y Change, Percent - Ukraine
-17.8, -16, -6.8, 4.9, 5.9 5.9
data by Factset

Ukraine Outlook Update: Investment-Led Growth

Business investment drives growth in 2011, while fiscal austerity and a still-fragile banking sector constrain growth in domestic demand. 2012 elections could derail IMF program targets, putting Ukraine’s external financing at risk. Higher food and energy prices and utility-price hikes keep inflation near double digits.

Read the latest Ukraine Outlook Update

Economic Research

Europe Weekly

Europe-Wide Growth Slowdown

By Elisa Parisi-Capone, Katharina Jungen, Mikko Forss, Jelena Vukotic, Parul Walia, William Oman, Sehaj Malik, Filipe Albuquerque Aug 19, 2011

Economic Research

Lending in Ukraine: On a Gradual Recovery Path

By Tetiana Sears Jul 27, 2011

Global Economic Outlook

Emerging Europe and CIS Outlook Update: Recovery Takes Root

By David Rogovic and Rachel Ziemba Jun 20, 2011

Global Economic Outlook

Ukraine Outlook Update: Investment-Led Growth

By Tetiana Sears Jun 14, 2011

Global Economic Outlook

Emerging Europe & CIS Outlook: Leaders and Laggards

By David Rogovic, Jelena Vukotic and Rachel Ziemba Mar 18, 2011

Global Economic Outlook

Global Overview: 2011 Outlook

By Christian Menegatti, Nouriel Roubini and the RGE Macroeconomics Team Dec 7, 2010

Global Economic Outlook

Commonwealth of Independent States: 2011 Outlook

By Kavitha Cherian and Rachel Ziemba Dec 7, 2010

Global Economic Outlook

Ukraine: 2011 Outlook

By David Rogovic and Rachel Ziemba Dec 7, 2010

Global Economic Outlook

Macro Forecasts: 2011 Outlook

By the RGE Macroeconomics Team Dec 7, 2010

Europe Weekly

Hungary’s New Tax Measures; UK House Prices; Crisis Looming in Portugal

By Mary Stokes, Parul Walia, James Mason, David Rogovic, Rachel Ziemba, Katharina Jungen and Jelena Vukotic Oct 15, 2010

Economic Research

Could Ukraine Introduce Capital Controls?

By David Rogovic and Rachel Ziemba Oct 15, 2010

Global Economic Outlook

Ukraine: September 2010 Outlook Update

By Kavitha Cherian Sep 10, 2010

Global Economic Outlook

Global Overview: September 2010 Outlook Update

By Nouriel Roubini, Christian Menegatti and the RGE Macroeconomic Team Sep 10, 2010

Global Economic Outlook

Ukraine: Q3 2010 Outlook

By Kavitha Cherian Jul 10, 2010

Global Economic Outlook

Ukraine: Q2 2010 Outlook

By Kavitha Cherian Apr 12, 2010

Global Economic Outlook

Ukraine: Q1 2010 Outlook

By Kavitha Cherian and Jelena Vukotic Jan 30, 2010

Economic Research

Ukraine – Russia Winter Gas Showdowns: No Money, No Gas

By Jelena Vukotic Dec 15, 2009

Economic Research

Rerisking after Dubai: The End of 'Quasi-Sovereigns?'

By Arnab Das and Rachel Ziemba Nov 30, 2009

Economic Research

Ukraine Economic Outlook, Q4 2009

By Kavitha Cherian & Jelena Vukotic Oct 7, 2009

Economic Research

Ukraine Economic Outlook, Q3 2009

By Kavitha Cherian & Jelena Vukotic Jul 24, 2009

Economic Research

Ukraine Vulnerable to Default?

By Kavitha Cherian Mar 5, 2009

Daily Digest

News

Washington and Kiev: Progress and Problems

PIIE  Anders Aslund July 13, 2011

News

Ukraine's future is with EU, says president

EurActive  Aug 25, 2011

News

Ukraine Has No Urgent Need of IMF Funds, Prime Minister Says

Bloomberg  Kateryna Choursina Aug 23, 2011

News

Ukraine's Future Is With the European Union

WSJ  VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH Aug 25, 2011

News

IMF delays Ukraine visit; urges more reforms

Bussiness Recorder  Aug 25, 2011

News

Ukraine, IMF yet to agree on size of loan

RIA Novosti  May 12, 2011

News

Ukraine, Russia relations at risk over gas spat

PlattsEnergy  Alexander Bor Aug 12, 2011

News

Ukraine's Naftogaz borrows heavily to pay for Russian gas imports

Platts  Alexander Bor July 21, 2011

Analysis

Emerging Markets Daily CEEMEA Edition March 10, 2011

Citibank  March 10, 2011

News

Ukraine Upgrade Adds to Wheat Quality Questions

Agrimoney  Aug 22, 2011

Research

The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Public Expenditures on Education and Health in the Economies of the Former Soviet Union

CASE- Center for Social and Economic Research  Alexander Chubrik et al Aug 17, 2011

News

Renova in Talks to Buy Ukrainian Metals Assets, Kommersant Says

Bloomberg  Scott Rose Aug 17, 2011

Analysis

Emerging Markets Briefer - August 2011

Danske Markets Research  Aug 16, 2011

Analysis

Lending in Ukraine: On a Gradual Recovery Path

RGE  Tetiana Sears July 27, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: Havest to Beat Forecasts August 2011

Erste Group Research  Maryan Zablotskyy Aug 15, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: Fixed Income Monthly: Liquidity Squeeze in Banking System August 2011

Erste Group Research  Maryan Zablotskyy Aug 15, 2011

News

Ukrainian PM: Customs Union Affects Russian–Ukrainian Relations

Prime Business News Agency  Aug 10, 2011

Analysis

Back to 2008? Contagion Risks and Policy Responses in CEEMEA

Morgan Stanley  Pasquale Diana, Tevfik Aksoy, Alina Slyusarchuk and Jarek Strzalkowski Aug 12, 2011

Analysis

EMEA Bi-Weekly - Doom and gloom

Commerzbank AG (registration required)  Aug 12, 2011

Analysis

Global: Business Cycle Monitor-August 2011

Danske Bank  Allan von Mehren and Louise Aggerstrøm Hansen Aug 11, 2011

News

Gas transportation tariff 7.7%, oil 10.2% up

The National News Agency of Ukraine  Aug 10, 2011

Opinions

A Promise Made to Be Broken

Russia Profile  Tai Adelaja Aug 11, 2011

News

Eastern Europe Rate Bind to Ease as Growth Checks Inflation

Bloomberg  Agnes Lovasz Aug 9, 2011

Analysis

Tymoshenko taken in

Economist  Aug 06, 2011

Analysis

Tymoshenko Arrested, Ukrainian Foreign Policy Moves Toward a Crisis

Jamestown Foundation  Taras Kuzio Aug 05, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine pressed to free Tymoshenko

FT  Jan Cienski and Roman Olearchyk Aug 07, 2011

News

Ukraine: The beginning of the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko

Center for Eastern Studies  June 29, 2011

News

Tymoshenko arrested over Russian gas trial row

FT  Roman Olearchyk Aug 05, 2011

News

Court arrests Tymoshenko

Uninews  Aug 05, 2011

News

Egypt Faces Food Supply Worries

Wall Street Journal  Neena Rai Aug 04, 2011

Research

The Two Ukraines

The German Marshall Fund of the United Sates  Rajan Menon July 2011

Analysis

UKRAINE - MACROECONOMIC SITUATION - JUNE 2011

Sigma Bleyzer Private Equity Investment Group & The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF), U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)   Olga Pogarska and Edilberto L. Segura Jul 20, 2011

News

Ukraine's Q2 GDP grows 3.8 pct y/y

Reuters  Olzhas Auyezov Jul 29, 2011

News

Ukraine Exported 236,500 Tons of Grain in July, Researcher Says

Bloomberg  Kateryna Choursina Jul 28, 2011

News

Ukraine Reaps 27.2 Million Tons of Grain, According to Ministry

Bloomberg  Kateryna Choursina Jul 28, 2011

Blogs

Which Households Use Banks? Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  Martin Brown Jul 25, 2011

News

Ukraine Ratings to Improve If Utility Bills Rise, Citigroup Says

Bloomberg  Kateryna Choursina Jul 25, 2011

Analysis

New Europe Economics and Strategy Focus Notes: Ukraine

Eurobank Research  Stella Kanellopoulou Jul 13, 2011

News

Ukraine to Reap 47.5 Million Tons of Grain, Confederation Says

Daryna Krasnolutska  Daryna Krasnolutska Jul 19, 2011

News

Black Sea Wheat Exports Are Set to Jump 40%, Nidera Says

Bloomberg  Maria Kolesnikova Jul 18, 2011

News

Ukraine Grain Industry Receives Double Boost

Agrimoney  Jul 20, 2011

Analysis

CEE: New Europe Economics and Strategy - July 2011

EFG Eurobank  Jul 19, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: Fixed Income Monthly: NBU Takes Admin Measures to Support Hryvnia July 2011

Erste Group Research  Maryan Zablotskyy Jul 15, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine Macro Monthly: GDP Structure Changes to Households Favor July 2011

Erste Group Research  Maryan Zablotskyy Jul 15, 2011

News

Ukraine Is Keeping Grain Harvest Forecast at 45 Million Tons

Bloomberg  Kateryna Choursina Jul 13, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: Government Finances and the IMF

Commerzbank  Barbara Nestor Jul 11, 2011

Blogs

E. coli slows CEE inflation

Financial Times  Ivana Kottasová Jul 12, 2011

News

Four Political Dimensions of Ukraine’s Future Europeanization

Harvard International Review  Andreas Umland June 28, 2011

Analysis

National Bank of Ukraine: Business Outlook Survey 2011

Ukraine National Bank  Jul 11, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: Bumpy Road

BNP Paribas  Julia Tsepliaeva and Yury Eltsov Jul 06, 2011

News

Ukraine: an inch at a time

FT  Roman Olearchyk June 21, 2011

Analysis

Ukrainian farming: untapped potential

FT  Roman Olearchyk June 27, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: The Hryvnia Conundrum

RGE  RGE June 28, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: Q1 2011 Real GDP

Ukraine State Statistics  Jul 05, 2011

Analysis

UN CIS Report 2011

UN  UN Jan, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine's cooperation with the IMF – unfulfilled hopes for deeper reforms

Center for Eastern Studies  Slawomir Matuszak Jun 15, 2011

Research

Life in Transition: After the Crisis

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  Jun 29, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: New Support for the Hryvnya

BNP Paribas  Julia Tsepliaeva and Yury Eltsov Jun 27, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: Monetary Review Q1 2011

Ukraine National Bank  Jun 27, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine Chart Book: NBU Announced Several Important Changes

VTB Capital  Dmiti Fedotkin Jun 24, 2011

News

Kyiv Expects Chinese Investment Deluge After Hu Jintao’s Visit

Jamestown Foundation  Pavel Korduban Jun 23, 2011

Blogs

How can credit bureaus in the EBRD region be improved?

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  Alexander Plekhanov, Frederique Dahan and Katrin Weissenberg Jun 22, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine Outlook Update: Investment-Led Growth

RGE  Tetiana Sears Jun 14, 2011

Analysis

JOINT COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS A new response to a changing Neighbourhood

European Commission  EUROPEAN COMMISSION HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY May 25, 2011

Analysis

Emerging Europe and CIS Outlook Update: Recovery Takes Root

Roubini Global Economics  Rachel Ziemba and David Rogovic Jun 21, 2011

Analysis

Eurovisions, June 2011

Erste Bank (free registration required)  Jun 20, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: Pension Reform

International Centre for policy studies  Maxim Boroda Jun 17, 2011

Analysis

Emerging Markets Briefer- June 15, 2011

Danske Markets  Jun 15, 2011

Analysis

Will Kyiv Seek Alternatives to Russian Gas or Make Concessions to Moscow?

The Jamestown Foundation  Pavel Korduban Jun 15, 2011

Analysis

IMF Ukraine Country Report Feb 2011

IMF  February 01, 2011

Analysis

Emerging Markets Briefer - June 2011

Danske Bank Research  Jun 15, 2011

Analysis

New Europe Economics and Strategy: May-June 2011

Eurobank EFG  Jun 15, 2011

Analysis

Ukraine: Land Reform

International Centre for Policy Studies Kyiv  Ihor Shevliakov Jun 14, 2011