## Ukraine: Request for A Stand-By Arrangement

_IMF Staff Country Reports, May 1, 2014_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Arrangement This
- Published: May 1, 2014
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484340370.002

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### Summary
- This paper discusses Ukraine’s Request for a Stand-by Arrangement.
- Ukraine’s economy had been in recession since mid-2012.
- Inconsistent macroeconomic policies pursued in 2012–2013 aggravated deep-seated vulnerabilities and eventually generated a balance-of-payment crisis.
- Key objectives of the authorities’ program are to restore macroeconomic stability, strengthen economic governance and transparency, and lay the foundation for robust and balanced economic growth.

### Key objectives of the authorities’ program
- Restore macroeconomic stability.
- Strengthen economic governance and transparency.
- Lay the foundation for robust and balanced economic growth.

### Policy measures: immediate measures and deeper reforms
- Immediate measures aimed at securing stability.
- Deeper reforms to:
  - achieve and sustain external sustainability,
  - ensure financial stability,
  - restore sound public finances,
  - rationalize the energy sector,
  - improve the business environment.

### Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Banking, Debt service, Exchange rates, External debt, Foreign exchange, Public debt
- Keywords: CR, Debt service, deposit dynamics, deposits rising, Europe, Exchange rates, fund, Global, household deposit withdrawal, ISCR, press statement, staff appraisal, Ukraine

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