West European economies are now booming after the memorable 1997-1998 crisis, when the world was staggered with financial breakdowns in Eastern Asia, Russia, and Brazil. The European Commission estimates that the rates of economic growth will reach 3% in

According to the experts, the year 2000 was favorable for Ukrainian metallurgical industry. The below-presented production and export data proves this.

In 2000, for the first time since Ukraine has become independent, the national GDP grew by 6%. Even greater recovery is expected in 2001 accompanied with two-digit investment growth rates and inflation rates falling below 10%. Economists with the Prospect