KIEV, Jan. 29 – The National Bank of Ukraine has revised upwards its forecast for the surplus of the country's balance of payment for 2016 to $600 million, while earlier deficit of $200 million was expected, the central bank said in a press release, referring to the decisions of the meeting of the board held on Thursday.

According to the document, the forecast for the deficit of the current account of the balance of payment was revised downwards from $1.2 billion to $2.5 billion or 3% of GDP.