Week’s balance: price hikes, IMF prospects, and no money for roads

In Ukraine, prices are rising beyond forecasts, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman continues to inspect roadworks across the country, while infrastructure minister Volodymyr Omelyan complains over their insufficient funding and warns that this year’s repair plan will not be fulfilled. At the same time, anxiety is building up as Ukraine awaits news from Washington where the country’s delegation headed by Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk tries to convince the IMF to allocate another bailout tranche - these are the main economic news of the outgoing week.