The world Bank has lowered its forecast of a fall of the Ukrainian economy this year with a 2, 3% to 7, 5%, said world Bank Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Qimiao Fan in the process of submitting a new economic overview and macroeconomic forecast for Ukraine.




The national Bank of Ukraine gave an assessment of the fall of GDP in the 1st quarter of 2015 at the level of 15%. The national regulator expects a reduction in GDP of 7, 5% in 2015 With inflation 30% and GDP growth at 3% in 2016 With inflation 13-14%, reports the news Agency. Ukraine is now in fact remains on the brink of default. From the report of the international monetary Fund that second banks of Ukraine for the risk of loan defaults after Nigeria. The total debt of Ukraine is defined in $ 50 billion, in 2014 it amounted to 71% of GDP, and in 2015, according to forecasts of the national Bank of Ukraine, will reach 93% of GDP. Thus on the first day of the week the head of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeria Gontareva has recognized that the economy of her country had reached the bottom. At the same time the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko said that Kyiv is expected in may to obtain the consent of creditors for the restructuring of the external debt to the IMF mission's visit.

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