Ukraine reduce public debt to 50% of GDP

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Ukraine’s public debt reduce below 50% of GDP for the first time since 2013. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance on Facebook.

The public debt fell below 50% of GDP for the first time since 2013. The Ministry noted that the debt to GDP ratio should not exceed 50% at the end of 2019, but should reach 45.3% at the end of 2020, and should not exceed 40% at the end of 2024.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the state and state-guaranteed debt of Ukraine fell to 60.9% of GDP in 2018 compared to 71.8% in 2017. The size of the state and state guaranteed debt amounted to USD 78.32 billion, or UAH 2.169 trillion as of December 31, 2018.

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