War pushes Ukraine's banking sector into loss in Q1
Reuters
Published Apr 29, 2022 09:13AM ET
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's banking system posted a net loss in the first quarter after lenders had to transfer over $730 million of their earnings in local currency to reserves to cover possible future losses linked to the war, the central bank said on Friday.
Losses totalled 160 million hryvnias ($5.42 million) in January-March compared with a profit of 10.9 billion hryvnias in the same period last year, it said in a statement.
"The general decline in business activity and falling demand for loans and banking services will continue to have a negative impact on banks' profitability," it said.
It said 44 out of 69 active lenders had remained profitable while the other 25 had posted losses of 6 billion hryvnias.
Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine could cause the Ukrainian economy to contract by at least one third in 2022 and drive up inflation to over 20%, according to the central bank's forecast.
($1 = 29.5000 hryvnias)
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