Deficit of Pension Fund to be cut in draft 2017 national budget, calculations underway

11:52, 01.11.2016 1 min read

The deficit of Ukraine's Pension Fund will be reduced in the draft 2017 national budget, and at present the calculations are underway, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said.

"It is obvious that the deficit [of the Pension Fund] will be reduced," he told reporters after the opening ceremony for Worldskills Ukraine contest in Kyiv on Monday.

The prime minister said that the source for cutting the deficit of the Pension Fund is to be bringing the economy out of the shadows. Calculations are underway, he said.