KIEV, Dec. 2 - The surplus of Ukraine's national budget in January-October reached UAH 2.8 billion, while its deficit from a year ago was UAH 53.8 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine said in a macroeconomic and monetary review.

The central bank said that in October 2015 the deficit of the national budget was UAH 6 billion compared to the surplus of UAH 1.1 billion in September, mainly due to the expected increase in expenses compared to the previous months.