OREANDA-NEWS. On 05 June 2009 was announced, that ECB and Bank of England kept their current interest rates on hold. The European central bank (ECB) preserves its base interest rates at 1% p.a. We would like to remind that last time the ECB cut its rate on May 7, 2009 – by 0.25%. Bank of England has also preserved its base interest rate at the current level –0.5% p.a. Besides, this bank announced that the assets redemption program is preserved at the level of ?125 bn.

In the UK the housing prices went up. This May, the housing cost in Great Britain surged 2.6% as compared with the previous month. The average price per house increased to ?159 thousand. If to compare with last May the housing cost fell 13.7%. We must say that the business activity in the UK services-related area last moths increased for the first time in a year, and the consumer confidence hit its 6-month maximum.

In the USA the number of applications for welfare have reduced. The number of Americans, who asked for unemployment benefit for the week reduced by 4 thousand – to 621 thousand. Since December 2007, the number of jobs in the USA has reduced by 5.7 mn, being the worst decline since the WW2.

The Ukrainian stock exchanges are ticking over. June 4, on PFTS SE 101 deals were made with the shares of Ukrainian companies for the total of UAH 7.2 mn. The trade leader on this floor was Azovstal (AZST), with shares of which 16 deals were made. Meanwhile, on Ukrainska SE they registered 494 deals for the total of UAH 9.3 mn. The most liquid were the shares of Ukrsotsbank (USCB) – 101 deals.