REUTERS
The deficit of the balance of payments in Ukraine in January-March 2015 amounted to $1.938 billion, which is 2.2 times less than the deficit of $4.277 billion in the same period last year, according to preliminary data published on the Web site of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
According to the NBU, in March the balance of payments deficit amounted to $305 million, which is almost 1.5 times higher than the deficit in March last year.
According to the report, the current account deficit in January-March decreased by 1.8 times on a year-over-year basis, and amounted to $836 million, while the deficit of the financial and capital account has decreased by 2.5 times, and amounts to $1.102 billion.
According to the regulator, the net inflow of foreign direct investment (balance) in January-March amounted to $460 million, against an outflow of $665 million dollars in the same period last year.
In the first quarter of 2015 the negative balance on loans and bonds amounted to $3.317 billion.