KIEV, Aug. 15 – Experts in their August consensus forecast have worsened their forecast for Ukraine's real GDP growth in 2013 by 1.1 percentage points compared to the April's assessments, to 0.1%, reports the Economic Development and Trade Ministry, under the aegis of which the consensus forecast was drawn up.

According to the report, the general inflation forecast (December on December) for 2013 was downgraded by 2.2 percentage notches, to 3.8%, while the forecast for the hryvnia exchange rate rose to UAH 8.49/$1 from UAH 8.68/$1.