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Deficit of Ukraine's balance of payments 10.5 times down in September, says NBU

Deficit of Ukraine's balance of payments 10.5 times down in September, says NBU

The deficit of Ukraine's balance of payments in September 2013 fell by 10.5 times year-over-year, and compared with August 2013 it fell by 2.2 times, to $105 million, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has said in a posting on its Web site.

The central bank said that the surplus of the balance of payment in January-September 2013 came to $1.546 billion, while year-over-year a deficit of $798 million was seen.

The bank said that the deficit of the current account in September 2013 stood at $2.012 billion, which is 73.9% up on September 2012, and 29.6% up on August 2013.

The deficit of the current account in January-September 2013 grew to $10.218 billion, which is 7% up year-over-year.

The surplus of transactions with the capital and financial accounts in September reached $1.907 billion, which is 35.3 times up year-over-year and 44.4% up on August 2013.

The total surplus of transactions with the capital and financial accounts in January-September 2013 exceeded the last year indicator by 34.4%, reaching $11.764 billion.

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