KYIV, June 19 – Estimates of macroeconomic risk and capital risk increased by one point on a scale from 0 to 10 due to the widening current account deficit in the balance of payments and new capital requirements, respectively, according to the Financial Stability Report of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) released on Wednesday.

According to the report, among other factors that contributed to the increase in macroeconomic risk from 7 to 8 points was the slowdown in economic recovery due to damages in the energy sector and the still high ratio of the state budget deficit and external and public debt to GDP.