"The exchange rate will not be raised. The NBU will transfer UAH 38 billion – it is a fact. And for the next year, we are laying the rate of UAH 27.2 hryvnia to the dollar."
At the same time, Groysman said that the government forecasts included inflation at 8.2% for 2017 and the forecast for the NBU profit transfer to the budget is UAH 41 billion, which, according to the prime minister, is a realistic figure.
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