The volume of foreign investments in Ukraine reduced

Foreign investment should be one of the main sources for the reconstruction of the infrastructure of the East of the country, the stabilization of the national currency and improvement of economic development. However, despite of the high demand for foreign investment each month, the volume of foreign investments decreases. It is stated in the weekly analytical bulletin of the International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS) "Inside Ukraine".

According to balance of payments data for January-August 2014, the deficit of foreign direct investment was $ 594 million, thus the volume of direct investments from Ukraine exceeded the volume of investments to Ukraine. If we compare to the same period last year, the period of January-August 2013 was in surplus, the amount imported into the territory of Ukraine in foreign direct investment exceeded exported $ 3 billion. Foreign portfolio investments are also characterized by a negative trend. In January-August 2014 the deficit of the bill was $ 365 million, while for the same period last year there was a surplus of $ 1.9 billion.