Surplus of Ukraine's balance of payments soars by 25 times

REUTERS

The surplus of the balance of payments in May 2017 alone was $357 million, the NBU said.

The current account deficit was $194 million in May and $1.065 billion in January-May 2017.

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Net income on the financial account amounted to $556 million in May and $1.807 billion in January-May.