Ukraine sees almost US$259 mln budget deficit in Jan-Sept

The country's consolidated budget over the period under review saw a surplus of UAH 14.513 billion ($512 million).

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The deficit of Ukraine's national budget in January-September 2018 was estimated at UAH 7.330 billion, or US$259 million, against a surplus at UAH 14.977 billion, or $528 million, year-over-year (y-o-y).

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The country's consolidated budget over the period under review saw a surplus of UAH 14.513 billion ($512 million), which was 66.7% down on the surplus of UAH 41.633 billion ($1.5 billion) y-o-y, according to Ukraine's Treasury Service.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the deficit of Ukraine's national budget in 2017 was estimated at UAH 47.850 billion, or $1.7 billion, which was 33.4% down against 2016.

The deficit of the national budget of Ukraine for 2018 is capped at UAH 80.6 billion ($2.8 billion), or 2.4% of GDP.

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