Ukraine's gross foreign debt grows to $117 bln as of Jan 1

Ukraine's gross foreign debt as of January 1, 2018, was estimated at US$116.578 billion, which was 2.6%, or $2.939 billion, up from January 1, 2017.

Gross foreign debt shrank by 0.7%, or $771 million, in Q4 2017, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) website.

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Foreign liabilities of the public sector amounted to $38.886 billion as of January 1, 2018, while those of the central bank were $7.438 billion.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's gross foreign debt in 2016 declined by 4.4%, or $5.2 billion, to $113.483 billion.