Ukraine's public debt servicing expenditures grow by 4.4% in 2018, to US$180.2 mln

The cost of repayment of state debt fell by 35.5%.

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Head of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine Tetiana Sliuz says expenditures on servicing of the public debt in 2018 grew by 4.4%, or UAH 4.9 billion (US$180.2 million), from 2017, to UAH 115.4 billion ($4.2 billion).

At the same time, the expenditures on repayment of the country's public debt in the past year shrank by UAH 129 billion ($4.7 billion), or 35.5%, to UAH 234.5 billion ($8.6 billion), she said on February 20, presenting the agency's report.

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