Ukraine posts US$284 mln in surplus of balance of payments in Jan-April

In April 2019 alone, the balance of payments showed a deficit of $45 million.

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Ukraine's balance of payments showed a surplus of US$284 million in January-April 2019, which is almost 16 times up year-over-year (y-o-y).

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The current account deficit over the period under review amounted to $388 million, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

The inflow to the financial account totaled $682 million.

In April 2019 alone, the balance of payments showed a deficit of $45 million, it said.

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

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