KYIV, Sept 14 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to cut the key policy rate from 22% to 20% effective 15 September 2023, in accordance with market expectations.

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected at the White House and on Capitol Hill next week as he visits the U.S. during the United Nations General Assembly, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Sept 14 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at a meeting on Wednesday with Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko, outlined the main parameters of next year's budget.

KYIV, Sept 14 – The government draft of the state budget of Ukraine for 2024 will not be accompanied by a bill of tax changes to increase revenues, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

KYIV, Sept 15 – Ukraine recently launched a program for farmers who have up to 300 hectares of land and are faced with the need to clear it, Spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Ukraine Saviano Abreu has said.

KYIV, Sept 15 – In Ukraine today, 18 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, and the humanitarian situation can be expected to worsen due to ongoing Russian attacks and the approach of winter, Spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Ukraine Saviano Abreu has said.

KYIV, Sept 15 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said that the authorities expect to complete the demining of agricultural lands within three years after liberation, and to clear the entire territory of Ukraine in five-seven years.

KYIV, Sept 15 – The state budget deficit of Ukraine in 2024 is envisaged at 20.4% of GDP, including for the general fund at 19.6% of GDP, according to an explanatory note to the government draft state budget for 2024.

KYIV, Sept 17 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will take center stage at the United Nations this week with Russia’s war on Ukraine in its 19th months and no end in sight, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Sept 18 – The macro-economic forecast of the Ministry of Economy, which forms the basis of the draft state budget 2024, assumes a sharp improvement in the security situation from the second half of next year and, as one consequence, an acceleration of economic growth to 5% in 2024 and 7-7.5% in 2025-2026.