IMF set to unlock loan to Ukraine

Article reports that recession-battered Ukraine received a boost in confidence on the 17 April 2009, as an International Monetary Fund mission said it would advise senior management to unlock a $16.4bn stand-by loan.

ESO: Background information: Ukraine pushes for loans to meet shortfall http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-pushes-for-loans-to-meet-shortfall/

IMF: Ukraine and the IMF http://www.imf.org/external/country/UKR/index.htm

IMF: Press Release, 17.4.09: IMF Mission Reaches Agreement on First Review under Stand-By Arrangement with Ukraine http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2009/pr09129.htm

BBC News, 17.4.09: IMF agrees new loan for Ukraine http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8004957.stm

IMF Survey, May 2009: Policy Adjustments Move Ukraine Forward http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2009/INT050809A.htm

---