Marchenko: IMF has no categorical remarks about draft state budget for 2021
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The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine is currently discussing the parameters of the draft state budget of Ukraine for 2021with the International Monetary Fund.
"We work with them [the IMF], discuss the parameters of the budget, the revenues and expenditures parts. To date, they make no categorical statements about some unreasonable figures," Finance Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko said during the presentation of the draft law on the state budget for the next year in the Verkhovna Rada, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

As reported, the draft state budget for 2021 envisages economic growth of 4.6% and inflation of 7.3%.

The revenues for next year are budgeted at the level of UAH 1071 billion (+ UAH 92.3 billion), expenditures are set at the level of UAH 1350 billion.