Cabinet to place Eurobonds at $2 bln in 2018 – NBU

Ukraine's government plans to place bonds of the external state loan worth US$ 2 billion in 2018, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) inflation report.

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"Taking into account the placement by the government of external state loan bonds totaling $2 billion, capital inflows on the financial account will rise to $7.1 billion in 2018," the report said.

At the same time, the regulator noted that capital inflows would shrink to $4.1 billion in 2019 because of peak payments on public sector debt obligations.

Read alsoNational Bank recognizes Novy Bank insolventAs UNIAN reported earlier, the International Monetary Fund expected that Ukraine would return to the market of foreign commercial borrowings at the end of 2017 and issue Eurobonds to the tune of $1 billion. According to the IMF's forecasts, Ukraine will annually attract $2 billion in foreign markets starting 2018, whereas $3 billion in 2021.

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