KIEV, Aug. 1 – Ukraine's revised national budget passed by the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday is based on the forecast of GDP fall of 6% in 2014 with inflation of 19.5%.
"Taking into account the state of the national economy, including the situation in the eastern part of Ukraine and relations with Russia, it is expected that GDP will fall by 6% in 2014 and prices on the consumer market will grow by 19.5% [December on December]," reads the revised explanatory note to the government's draft amendments to the national budget.
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