Improving financial instruments to support the SME sector to increase its investment activity

The article examines the directions of financial support, based on which, by increasing the availability of financing, it is possible to increase the investment activity of the SME sector and, as a result, its share in the country's GDP. The analysis of the conditions for the provision of concessional financing by systemically important and regional banks and, as a result, the dynamics of the volume of loans to the SME sector is considered. Also analyzed are the interest rates offered to small and medium-sized businesses in comparison with other legal entities. On the basis of the analysis carried out, recommendations for optimizing the financial support instrument are proposed.