KIEV, Oct. 9 – The International Monetary Fund is keeping its forecast for Ukrainian GDP growth in 2012 at 3%, while the inflation forecast was upgraded to 6% (December on December) from 7.9% (according to the assessment in April 2012).

According to the World Economic Outlook published by the IMF on Tuesday, in 2013 it is anticipated that GDP in Ukraine will accelerate to 3.5% with 5.9% inflation.