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The growth of the producer price index for industrial products in November 2004 was 2.2%, since the beginning of the year – 22.9%. This is reported by UNIAN.
The total volume of Ukraine's state debt increased from 15.283 billion dollars on September 30 to 15.963 billion dollars as of October 31, 2004, UNIAN reported. \n \nAccording to the Ministry of Finance, as of October 31, the state external debt amounts to 63 billion 404 million 902.33 thousand hryvnias (11.
The second most important issue that worried Volyn residents most these days, apart from the Supreme Court's decision on Viktor Yushchenko's appeal, was the issue of the stability of the state's economy. If briefly describing the state that gripped many Volyn residents last week, the word panic comes to mind.
The tender for the right to provide public passenger transportation has been completed in Lutsk. According to the Law of Ukraine "On Road Transport," the winners of the competition will provide services for the next 3 years.
The National Bank of Ukraine has prohibited banks, starting from December 2, from providing currency exchange points (both their own and those operating under agency agreements) with cash foreign currency, obliging banks to sell cash foreign currency only through their own cash desks.
The international rating agency Moody's has worsened the outlook on Ukraine's B1 foreign currency bond rating from "positive" to "developing." This is stated in Moody's report, as reported by "Ukrainian News.
On December 1, 2004, the National Bank of Ukraine puts into circulation a banknote with a denomination of 1 hryvnia of the 2004 model. This is reported by "LIHABiznesInform".

Volyn residents are in a panic. The revolutionary events are accompanied by uncertainty in the political and economic situation, so many people are withdrawing money from banks. In the period from November 23 to 29, Volyn residents withdrew almost 10 million hryvnias from banks.

This was reported to journalists by the acting head of the NBU, Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
Serhiy Tihipko has decided to resign from the post of Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine. \n \nHe announced this on Monday at a press conference in Kyiv. \n \nTihipko said he had decided to devote himself entirely to political activity.