Ukraine
Economy
Following the revaluation of the Ukrainian hyrvnia's peg to the dollar in May, it is now looking likely that the National Bank of Ukraine will adopt a currency basket comprising...
2008-08-04Economy
The macroeconomic challenges we highlighted in our last quarterly Emerging Europe sovereign risk ratings update have escalated further in the second quarter, with little sign of easing...
2008-07-17Economy
Having lost 47.9% of its value since January 1, Ukraine's PFTSI equity index has firmly broken through our 675 downside target, to at one point trade at 610 on July 17. We believe...
2008-07-17Economy
BMI's short-term view on European external debt markets has played out, with significant spread widening occurring in many of the region's benchmark 5-year credit default swaps (CDS)....
2008-07-04Economy
Several US dollar pegs have been broken in the CIS recently, which we believe signals significant further upside for many of the region's currencies over the medium term.
2008-06-25Economy
The Ukrainian 5-Year Credit Default Swap (CDS) is looking decidedly precarious, having risen by 58bps since May 30 to at one point reach 347bps on June 19 - a level last seen in...
2008-06-19Economy
Since Q307, emerging Europe frontier equities have generally been assets to avoid, with tightening credit markets, rising energy input costs for key industrial sectors and jittery...
2008-06-05Economy
Since early 2006, we have been highlighting the pressures on Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz. Rising gas import prices, together with only moderate increases in transit fees - which...
2008-01-07


