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there is a strong demand for workers, people will return.”
The strengthening of the hryvnia is cooling labour emigration, reports Bloomberg in an article titled: “World’s Best-Performing Currency Cools Ukrainians’ Lust to Leave.” The author writes: “While Polish wages were four times the equivalent in Ukraine in 2016, they’re now just 2.5 times, according to [Ukraine’s] central bank, which also said there have been fewer internet search requests for employment abroad.”
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