KIEV, Nov. 28 – The government on Wednesday approved key macro-economic indicators for 2013 that are mostly based on the best-case scenario, apparently ignoring concerns from the International Monetary Fund.

The government sees the economy expanding 3.4% on the year in 2013, while consumer inflation will probably be kept at 4.8%, Anatoliy Maksiuta, the first deputy economy minister, said.

These figures mostly reflect the best-case scenario, which has predicted the economy expanding 3.5% on the year in 2013 and consumer prices increasing 5.9%.