Key financial idices were updated their historical record-highs day after day. However on Thursday, 18 March, optimistic mood faded away spurred by the risks of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, growing inflation and the aggaravation of geopolitical issues. Investors were ollowing meetings held by the FRS, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan. As a result of its March meeting, the FRS kept its federal funds rate randing within the limits of  0.00% to 0.25% per annum.

According to estimate of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020, compared to 2019, decreased by 4.0%.

Financial markets survey 22.03.2021