The IMF pre-default mission will begin work in Ukraine today
Moscow – Kyiv, January 8 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) – The organization’s experts are preparing for negotiations with the country’s leadership on financing, without which Ukraine will face a XNUMX% default, reports Echo of Moscow. But the problem is that Ukraine’s national debt has exceeded 90% of GDP, and this may prevent the provision of another loan.
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Representatives of the International Monetary Fund will work in Kyiv until the end of January. Earlier, the organization reported that now Ukraine, in addition to the previously allocated 17 billion dollars, will need another 15 billion. However, the IMF was unable to provide assistance until the new year. Experts fear that Ukraine's national debt is growing faster than expected, and the provisions of the previously concluded agreement will not be respected.
The Financial Times newspaper, using the IMF calculation methodology, tried to predict the development of the situation. According to the publication, next year Ukraine’s sovereign debt could reach 90% of GDP. The press notes that the International Monetary Fund, as a rule, assesses this level of debt as unacceptable. If the West does not provide more funds to Kyiv in the near future, the country may be forced to default, writes the Financial Times.
The head of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, Natalia Yaresko, recently said that after the adoption of the state budget for 2015, Kyiv can count on further support from the International Monetary Fund.
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