IMF to decide on cash for Ukraine this month - central bank governor


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Oct 2014

KIEV (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's mission to Ukraine will determine at the end of October how much additional financial aid Kiev needs, Central Bank Governor Valeria Gontareva said on Thursday.

An IMF programme already in place, part of a broader $27-billion (£16.88 billion) funding package, was agreed in April, to shore up the former Soviet republic's foreign currency reserves and support the state budget.

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