Shmigal: About $ 400 million of the next IMF tranche was received to the state budget

The State Budget of Ukraine received about $ 400 million of the next IMF tranche, Prime Minister Denis Shmigal said.

“These are the funds we received after the successful seventh viewing of EFF. Thus, the overall support of the IMF within this initiative has reached more than $ 10 billion, ”he wrote in Smigal in a telegram.

March 28 Executive Council The International Monetary Fund has completed the seventh review of the mechanism Extended financing for Ukraine. According to the Fund, this decision allowed the authorities of Ukraine to attract $ 0.4 billion, which will be “aimed at supporting the budget.” Therefore, the amount of total IMF payments will reach $ 10.1 billion.

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According to the IMF observations, Ukraine’s economic growth in 2024 remained stable, but slowed in the second half of the year. It is expected that in 2025 the slowdown will continue because of the “more rigid situation in the labor market, the impact of attacks on energy infrastructure and uncertainty, which continues in the future.” The general forecast remains “extremely uncertain.”