KIEV, Oct. 20 – The growth of the deficit of Ukraine's balance of payments in September slowed compared to August, which supported, to a certain degree, the forex rate of the hryvnia, said Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

"The balance of payments in September mirrored the slowdown in the production fall trend seen in recent months. This found its expression in the slowdown of the growth of the deficit of the balance of payments in September compared to August," he told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday, referring to rough estimates.