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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2020

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Ukraine urges Iran to return black boxes
KYIV, Jan 20 - Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss of all 176 people on board, Reuters reported. 15:21 | More

IMF praises Cabinet, NBU for ‘prudent macroeconomic policy’ in Ukraine
KYIV, Jan 17 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ukraine’s largest creditor, praised the government and the National Bank of Ukraine for ‘prudent macroeconomic policy’ that is aimed at boosting economic growth. 15:19 | More

Ukraine’s shadow economy to shrink to 20% of GDP by 2025: report
KIYV, Jan 20 – Reforms will reduce the share of Ukraine’s shadow economy will drop to 20% of the GDP by 2025, down from 30% in 2019, the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture reported. 15:15 | More

The Head of State said that there were currently 10 Ukrainian specialists in Iran working on the identification and return of the bodies of the dead to Ukraine. "Currently, several of our citizens have been identified," Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted. (Photo by Presidential press service.)

Ukrainian businesses expect 7% inflation during next 12 months
KYIV, Jan 17 – Ukrainian businesses forecast inflation in 12 months at 7%, which is 0.1 percentage point (p.p.) worse than expected a quarter earlier. 14:20 | More

IN FOCUS	Nations mull legal action against Iran KYIV, Jan 13 - Five countries whose citizens were killed when an airliner was shot down by Iran last week will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action, Ukraine’s foreign minister told Reuters. 20:36 \| More
Iran makes arrests in Ukraine plane downing KYIV, Jan 14 - Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error, Reuters reported. 13:44 \| More

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS

Threats persist from Chernobyl and Fukusima, Greenpeace reports The forest areas around Ukraine's Chernobyl and Japan's Fukusima remain sources of radiation and carry a potential threat to the health of local residents, Greenpeace said.More	Consumer inflation slowing faster than expected, NBU reports The actual slow of consumer inflation in February in annual terms is quicker than the inflation-slowing trajectory to 12% as of late 2016 projected by the National Bank of Ukraine, the regulator has reported on its website.More
ING analysts forecast 2016 GDP decline, citing political risks Analysts from ING Bank have confirmed the forecast of a decline in real gross domestic product in 2016 by 1%, pointing to a predominance of political risks in the economy.More	NBU: Hryvnia slide caused by temporary and fundamental factors The decrease of the hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market continue being caused by both temporary and fundamental market factors that result in the reduction of supply of foreign currency, Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Governor Oleh Churiy said.More