The Verkhovna Rada adopted amendments to the budget that removed Articles 84 and 86 regarding the government's control over bank refinancing by the National Bank. \n \n333 deputies voted in favor. \n \nAs is known, the International Monetary Fund insisted on the removal of these articles. \nArticles 84 and 86 of the Law "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2009" provided for: \n \n- the mandatory purchase of Ukrainian government bonds by the National Bank of Ukraine at their nominal value within three banking days from the date of receipt of a proposal for their purchase from banks; \n \n- refinancing of commercial banks in the procedure approved by the National Bank of Ukraine together with the Cabinet of Ministers; \n \n- suspension of the effect of part two of Article 36 and point 1 of part one of Article 42 of the Law "On the National Bank of Ukraine" in the part concerning the establishment and change of the refinancing rate and determination of the procedure for granting loans to commercial banks to support liquidity (refinancing of commercial banks) by the National Bank of Ukraine unilaterally. \n \n
The Rada fulfilled one of the IMF's requirements
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