The decline in Ukraine's GDP in the first six months of the current year in comparison with the corresponding period in 2013, up 3%to the explanatory note to the law on introducing changes in the law on the state budget of Ukraine for 2014.
" according to the information of state statistics service, increased the drop in real gross domestic product. If real GDP in January-may in comparison with the corresponding period of the last year amounted to 97, 7%, in January-June 2014 - 97, 0%. Significant drop occurred in June - 94, 1% (may - 95, 1%) ", - is written in the explanatory note of the Cabinet, UNIAN reports. Thus, " the service until not released any official GDP data for the first half. We emphasize that Ukraine is in a difficult political crisis, which affects and so not in a good state of the economy of the country and its budget. First Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Kyiv predicts a decrease in GDP of 3% this year, With inflation from 12% to 14%. The national Bank of Ukraine did not exclude inflation to rise to 19% in 2014. Yatseniuk also said that the country is on the verge of economic and financial bankruptcy. Bankrupt Ukraine the new government announced in February. Then Kiev said that require 35 billion. In addition, the lack of the capital budget of Ukraine reached 3, 2 milliard grivnas (274 million dollars).

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