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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

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Ukraine’s 2022 budget gap risk looms large
KYIV, Sept 14 – Ukraine’s 2022 budget deficit will probably exceed targets set by the International Monetary Fund due to skyrocketing natural gas prices and high inflation, Serhiy Verlanov, former head of the State Tax Service, said Tuesday. 10:28 | More

U.S. may look into selling Iron Dome missile defense system to Ukraine
KYIV, Sept 14 – The U.S. may look into selling the sophisticated air defense system Iron Dome to Ukraine, according to an amendment submitted to House Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal 2022 defense policy bill, Politico reported Tuesday. 10:27 | More

Ukraine wants $750-mln tranche from IMF by end-November, PM says
KYIV, Sept 14 – Ukraine expects $750 million of the second tranche under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the end of November or early December, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said. 10:26 | More

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with a delegation of the United States Congress, which is currently visiting Ukraine. The U.S. parliamentary delegation includes Senators Lindsey Graham, John Barrasso, Tommy Tuberville, Ben Sasse and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, William Timmons.

McDonald’s plans to build chain of restaurants along highways in Ukraine
KYIV, Sept 14 – McDonald's plans to develop a network of restaurants along highways, McDonald's Ukraine Development Director Vitaliy Stefurak said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. 10:25 | More

IN FOCUS	Dragon cuts Ukraine’s 2021 growth forecast KYIV, Sept 8 – Ukraine’s economy will probably grow 3.5% on the year in 2021, not 4.6% earlier expected, reflecting massive deceleration in the second quarter, Tomas Fiala, the head of the Dragon Capital investment bank, said Wednesday. 21:22 \| More
Ukraine’s 2022 budget gap risk looms large KYIV, Sept 14 – Ukraine’s 2022 budget deficit will probably exceed targets set by the International Monetary Fund due to skyrocketing natural gas prices and high inflation, Serhiy Verlanov, former head of the State Tax Service, said Tuesday. 10:28 \| 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