REUTERS
The state and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in January-April 2017 rose by US$3.33 billion, or 4.7%, to $74.31 billion as of April 30, according to the Finance Ministry’s website.
The debt in hryvnia equivalent for the said period went up by UAH 3.16 billion, or 2.2%, to UAH 1.973 trillion.
According to the given data, the growth of the state and state guaranteed debt in April amounted to $1.95 billion, or 2.7% in dollar equivalent, or UAH 21.12 billion (1.1% in hryvnia equivalent).
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As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in January-March 2017 rose by US$1.38 billion, or 1.9%, to $72.35 billion, as of March 31.
The debt in the hryvnia equivalent over the period under review increased by UAH 22.04 billion, or 1.1%, to UAH 1.952 trillion.
Ukraine's national budget for 2017 forecasts the state and government-guaranteed debt at UAH 2.296 trillion at year-end.