Ukraine's state debt crawls up UAH 3.5 bln

In January, the country's public debt decreased in dollar terms by 0.1%, to US$78.25 billion.

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The amount of public and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in January increased by UAH 3.50 billion in hryvnia equivalent, or 0.2%, up to UAH 2.172 trillion, the Ministry of Finance reports.

In dollar equivalent, the debt was down $600 million, or 0.1%, to $78.25 billion, according to the ministry's website.

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UNIAN memo. The volume of public and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in 2018 increased in dollar equivalent by $2.02 billion, or 2.6%, to $78.32 billion. In hryvnia equivalent, the volume of public debt for the said period rose UAH 26.94 billion, or 1.3%, up to UAH 2.169 trillion.

In relation to GDP, public and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in 2018 decreased to about 62.7% from 71.8% in 2017.

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