World-Beating Currency Gives Ukraine a Budget Headache

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Ukraine’s world-beating currency is complicating the country’s finances.

While this year’s 16.5% rally against the dollar is helping to curb inflation and deter some workers from seeking better-paid jobs abroad, it’s also slashed the hryvnia value of export revenues on which the government relies.