Minister of Finance of Ukraine Oleksandr Danyliuk says that the new cooperation program between Kyiv and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not being discussed at the moment, according to the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia weekly.
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet at the World Economic Forum to be held in Davos January 23-26 to discuss reforms in Ukraine necessary to secure the next credit tranche within the Extended Fund Facility program, spokesman for the International Monetary Fund, Gerry Rice, has told a Washington briefing on Thursday, January 18.
Ukraine’s pension reform does not provide for the forming of a fully fair and sustainable pension system in the country, spokesman for the International Monetary Fund, Gerry Rice, has told a Washington briefing, answering an UNIAN correspondent’s question.
The National Bank of Ukraine expects to receive the next tranche of the International Monetary Fund loan in the second quarter of 2018, acting NBU Governor Yakov Smolii told reporters Thursday.
Ukraine has transferred this year's last payment worth US$169 million to its key lender, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry's budget planning department Mykhailo Bosak says indicators of the government-drafted national budget for 2018, which has passed its first reading in parliament, are in line with the benchmarks of the International Monetary Fund's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program.
Experts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who worked in Kyiv on November 9-17 will continue discussions with the Ukrainian authorities on the draft national budget of Ukraine for 2018 to ensure the deficit of 2.5% of GDP stipulated in the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program, according to IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Goesta Ljungman.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues examining the pension reform adopted by Ukraine's parliament to check if it complies with the benchmarks of the IMF's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program, according to IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Goesta Ljungman.
The adoption by Ukraine of pension reform, which is in line with the objectives of the country’s cooperation program with the International Monetary Fund, including the pension fund deficit cut, is critical for the successful completion of the fourth review of the Extended Fund Facility and the allocation of the fifth loan tranche for Ukraine, IMF spokesman William Murray told a traditional Thursday briefing in Washington.