Ukraine's state debt exceeds $76.6 bln as of Aug 31

The total sum of the debt in the hryvnia equivalent for the said period shrank by 0.7%, or UAH 12.82 billion, to UAH 1.958 trillion.

According to the given data, the state and state guaranteed debt in January-August 2017 grew by 7.9% in the dollar equivalent, or by 1.5% in the hryvnia equivalent.

Read alsoEconomy ministry updates outlook for hryvnia by year-endAs UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's state and government-guaranteed debt in January-July 2017 rose by 7.2%, to $75.01 billion.

The country's national budget for 2017 projects state and government-guaranteed debt at UAH 2.296 trillion by the end of the year.