KYIV, Nov 1 – When finalizing the draft state budget 2023 for the second reading, the government of Ukraine improved the assessment of the hryvnia exchange rate at the end of next year to UAH 45.8/$1 from UAH 50/$1 in the original version, while leaving unchanged the forecast of the average annual exchange rate of UAH 42.2/$1, MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak, the deputy head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy, has said.

According to his data, the forecast of receipts from the NBU has been increased by UAH 51.6 billion, to UAH 71 billion.

The MP added that the Cabinet of Ministers predicts the return of 1.8 million citizens from abroad in 2023 after a negative balance of migration of 9.43 million citizens in 2022.