Abstract:

This scientific work has been devoted to research one of the most important categories of economic development, namely the government debt of Ukraine. The state budget deficit, attracting and using loans to cover this deficit has led to the formation of a significant increase in government debt in Ukraine. The current economic situation in Ukraine is characterized by threatening the growth of the debt burden, which is one of the basic factors slowdown of the economy. The main reasons for the growth of public debt are: an unprecedented political crisis and the continued military conflict in the east; deep economic recession caused by the rearrangement of economic ties with international partners and the destruction of infrastructure and industrial projects in parts of the country; funding the state budget deficit from government borrowing, which growth is largely due to increasing defense spending and public debt service. The large size of the internal and external debt, increase of costs for maintenance of this debt necessitated to solve the problem of national debt, and therefore find ways to improve its management mechanism. The more burdensome accumulated external and internal debt are for the state, the more maintenance involved in the interaction with the functioning of the economy and its financial system. Classification of external debt of Ukraine is proposed in the article, which will help to identify financial threats that Ukraine faces. It also was reviewed and analyzed the structure of external debt dynamics for the 2008-2015.

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