KYIV, May 29 – Starting from the second half of June, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) plans to carry out interest rate swap operations on the interbank market in order to minimize interest risk for banks, the central bank said Friday.

KYIV, June 1 – An increase in vacancy after lockdown may prompt shopping and entertainment centers to change their concept in a fight for tenants and buyers.

KYIV, June 1 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Energy Community standing ready to help Ukraine in the creation of the Gas Exchange and noted strong progress towards the establishment of a well-functioning gas exchange by the Ukrainian Energy Exchange (UEEX).

KYIV, June 1 – The activity of the population on the labor market continues to grow, in particular, job searches have returned to prequarantine levels, the number of new vacancies is growing, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said in a report.

KIEV, May 29 – Real wages in Ukraine in April 2017 grew by 20.7% from April 2016 but decreased by 2.3% compared to March 2017, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, May 30 - Participants in the ad hoc group on the land reform chaired by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman have advocated the opening the land market in stages.

KIEV, May 31 - Ukraine could strengthen its position and climb from the 80th to the 70th place in the Doing Business 2018 ranking of the World Bank, which will be published this autumn, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Maksym Nefyodov said.

KIEV, May 31 – The deficit of the current account in Ukraine in April 2017 was estimated at $146 million against a $164 million surplus recorded in April 2016, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, May 31 - The National Bank of Ukraine within the framework of a further liberalization of forex regulations has removed restrictions which lost their effectiveness and the weakening of which won't lead to destabilization of the situation in the interbank and cash segments of the foreign exchange market.

KIEV, May 31 – An arbitration court in Stockholm ruled in favor of Naftogaz Ukrayiny in a multibillion dollar natural gas supply dispute with Russia’s Gazprom over ‘take-or-pay’ contracts, the Ukrainian company reported Wednesday.