in the country predicts easing of lending conditions in rubles for the first time in history the cost of the gold scroll exceeded a million dollars. belarus is one belarus 24. economic news. olga onishchenko is in the studio. good morning. belstat calculated investments in fixed assets for january-july of this year. 21.5 billion rubles. absolute data is almost a quarter more than for the same period last year. minsk region is in the lead. the central region accounts for almost a quarter of investments. in minsk , use. a little more than twenty, the most the lowest rate in the mogilev region is 9%. as for the technological structure, investments in fixed capital, construction and installation works accounted for almost 48%, machinery, equipment, and vehicles accounted for almost 40%. by type of ownership, over 7 months , state investments amounted to 43%, private investments - more than 50%, and foreign investments - 4.5%. lending conditions in belarus continued to soften in april-june, both in national and foreign currency,

as follows from the analytical review of the national bank. in the second half of the year, representatives banks predict that the above trends will continue in belarusian rubles. the increase in the maximum loan size and term for some categories helped to ease lending conditions in the second quarter. competition from banks is named among the most significant factors. at the same time , it is noted that the increase in interest rates on ruble loans has had an impact on tightening lending conditions for business representatives. however, the conditions for foreign currency loans for business have been eased due to an increase in the maximum loan amount. at the same time, banks noted an increase in the terms of lending for small and medium-sized businesses. for them, only for them , the conditions are expected to be softened in the third quarter. in the fourth , no changes are predicted at all. as for demand, in the second quarter, the activity of all categories of borrowers increased. this was accompanied by an increase in demand for loans in belarusian rubles. it is expected that in the second half of the year. this trend will continue.

belarusian businesses have access to purchases from the largest customers in russia. this the opportunity was provided by the national marketing center and the russian electronic trading platform tectork. after completing the registration, which any domestic supplier can pass, more than a million procurement procedures become available to him, currently posted on the electronic platform for a total of over 40 billion russian rubles. one of the key tasks for this russian platform is its integration with foreign trading systems. primarily in the eac space. the company is in constant contact with the largest russian customers, on their part there is a specific request to expand the geography of suppliers. detailed study of needs, which is carried out in partnership with customer services, speaks of the high quality of products and competitive prices of belarusian manufacturers, the company's management emphasized. in belarus, applications for financing integration investment projects have started, the ministry of economy reported. the goal is to provide preferential. finance projects with

state support or state participation on the basis of a specially created banking product. it will help implement initiatives on the territory of our country in the following areas: new construction, reconstruction, modernization, repurposing and localization. in terms of industry areas, these are the agro-industrial complex, industry, industry enterprises, housing and communal services and social facilities. it also provides for the implementation of investment projects by belarusian companies on the territory of russia to further increase trade turnover between our countries, all the details can be found on the website of the ministry of economy. and now to exchange rate: the belarusian ruble has strengthened against the russian ruble and weakened against the dollar and the euro. so, the current exchange rates according to the national bank: the dollar costs 3 rubles 17 kopecks. the euro also added its rate of 3.51. for 10 yuan they give 4.44 belarusian, for 100 russian - 3 rubles 54 kopecks. and finally, the cost of a gold bar for the first time in history exceeded a million dollars. this happened after. after the spot

price of the drakmetal at the end of last week rose above 2,500 dollars per troy ounce. gold bars usually weigh about 400 troy ounces or 12.5 kg. as a result, each of them now costs more than a million. since the beginning of the year, gold has risen in price by more than 20%. the dynamics are explained, among other things, by demand from central banks. according to analysts, gold will rise in price even more in the coming months and by the end of the year it may reach a price of $2,600 per ounce. in turn, the bank of america allows for a price increase of up to $3,000 per ounce. and that's all the economic news for this hour, good luck in your business and see you soon.

the morning broadcast continues with the program "zone x". i am violetta sokolovich. hello. more 4000 rubles. a pensioner from minsk transferred 80% to fraudsters in messenger. an unknown person called the five-year-old woman and introduced himself as a bank employee. the man said that illegal transactions were being made from her account, that her apartment would be searched and the cash she had at home would be confiscated. then the conversation was continued by an alleged law enforcement officer, who said that in order for the cash not to be confiscated, it had to be transferred to a savings account. do you have money at home? i said yes. i went and counted both belarusian and euros, and dollars, that's all. and you will go to the bank now and urgently deposit this money into the account, she was also assured that after the money was transferred , the bank employees would bring her a declaration confirming the fact of the transfer and that with the help of this document she would be able to get her savings back, the victim transferred.