A new monthly update of the Macroeconomic Forecast Ukraine ¹11 (27) has been published. With better economic indices in the third quarter, the real GDP may contract by less than 15.0% in 2009. Forecast for the next year remains valid. It is assumed that the real GDP will grow by 3.4% in 2010. In the best situation, GDP growth will reach 5.2% next year, while the pessimistic scenario assumes further decline up to 0.2%.
Macroeconomic Forecast Ukraine is a regular publication of the IER. It features the forecasts of the IER experts on such major economic indicators as GDP, disposable incomes and unemployment, fiscal indicators, and balance of payments, as well as a monetary survey, and pessimistic and optimistic scenarios of the development of Ukrainian economy.