Last week, financial markets were demonstrating uneven dynamics  under the impact of multidirectional factors. On the one hand, profits in  the majority of companies that have already submitted their corporate  reports turned out to be better than consensus forecasts. Thanks to that,  the September sagging of the stock market was fully leveled out. On the other hand,  a statement made by the FRS chair saying that the American labor market  may reach maximum employment next year had a restraining impact. This  is one of the key triggers for the FRS to begin raising interest rates.

NBU leaves its key policy rate unchanged at 8.5%  The IMF and Ukraine have reached a staff-level.

Financial markets survey 25.10.2021