TRENDS AND DIRECTIONS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE UKRAINIAN ECONOMY.

The article deals with the current state of foreign investment development in the Ukrainian economy, highlights the main positive changes in improving of the investment policy efficiency at the state level. The tendencies of direct investment (in the form of equity and debt instruments) of the Ukrainian economy for the period 2010-2018 are analyzed. The econometric models form the forecast of direct investment attracting (equity and debt instruments) to Ukraine and sending in other countries of the world from Ukraine. The most important directions of enhancing the investment attractiveness of Ukraine are highlighted, which will eventually increase the interest of foreign investors and the volume of foreign direct investment in the development of the domestic economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]