Ukraine reports US$68 mln deficit of balance of payments in Jan 1

The outflow from the financial account in the first months of 2019 amounted to $509 million.

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Ukraine saw a US$68 million deficit of the balance of payments in January 2019, which was 84.9% down from the deficit recorded year-over-year (y-o-y).

The surplus of the current account over the period under review was estimated at $446 million, which was up by 3.7 times from the figure posted in 2018.

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The outflow from the financial account in the first months of 2019 amounted to $509 million, almost the same figure as reported in the same period last year.

Ukraine saw a surplus of the balance of payments in 2018 for the fourth year in a row, totaling US$2.877 billion, which was 12% up from the surplus recorded in 2017.

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