KIEV, Dec. 13 - The negative impact of the increase in the price of imported gas will not be very significant, according to experts from Kiev-based Raiffeisen Bank Aval.

"Irrespective of a more significant rise in the price of imported gas than was expected, the analysis and research department at Raiffeisen Bank Aval is not reviewing its macroeconomic forecasts for next year - GDP growth will be 5.5%, and the consumer price index would grow by 9%," reads a posting on the official Web site of the bank.