KYIV, March 22 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) updated the macro forecast for Ukraine during the third review of the EFF program, maintaining the real GDP growth forecast for this year within 3-4% and slightly improving forecasts for inflation, public debt and current account deficit.

According to a publication on the fund’s website, expectations for Ukraine’s nominal GDP for this year have been increased to UAH 7.75 trillion from UAH 7.64 trillion in December last year, although for the next year it has been left virtually unchanged – UAH 8.86 trillion.