Ukraine posts US$744 mln in balance of payments surplus in H1

In June 2019 alone, the surplus of the balance of payments was $1.210 billion.

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Ukraine's balance of payments showed a surplus of US$744 million in January-June 2019 (H1), which is 2.4 times more year-over-year (y-o-y).

The current account deficit over the period under review amounted to $221 million, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

The inflow to the financial account in H1 totaled $968 million.

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In June 2019 alone, the surplus of the balance of payments was $1.210 billion, 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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