Ukraine's gross external debt as of October 1, 2017, was estimated at US$117.350 billion, which was 2.1%, or $2.365 billion, up from July 1, 2017, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) website.
Assets of solvent banks in Ukraine, excluding the insolvent financial institutions, in October 2017 alone fell by UAH 3.732 billion (US$139 million), or by 0.3%, down to UAH 1.277 trillion ($47.5 billion), according to the National Bank of Ukraine.
PJSC International Investment Bank (IIB), the key owner of which is Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, posted UAH 78.364 million (US$2.9 million) in profit in January-September 2017, which was 2.5 times more than the figure reported over the same period a year ago, according to the bank's website.
Assets of solvent banks in Ukraine, excluding the insolvent financial institutions, in January-June 2017 (H1) fell by UAH 18.375 billion (US$715 million), or by 1.5%, as of July 1, 2017, to UAH 1.238 trillion, or $48.2 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.