Draft 2013 national budget foresees UAH 8.50/$1 exchange rate, inflation of over 6%, GDP 3.6%, says Yefremov

13:28, 03.12.2012 1 min read

The draft national budget for 2013 foresees exchange rate of UAH 8.50 per $1, the head of the Regions Party parliamentary faction, Oleksandr Yefremov, has said.

"[One U.S.] dollar will [cost] UAH 8.50, inflation will be over 6%, and, as far as a I remember, GDP will be 3.6%. These are the main indices," he said at a press conference on Monday, while commenting on macro indices foreseen by the draft national budget for the next year.

Yefremov stressed that wages and pensions in 2013 will depend on inflation processes "the same as during this year."