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Ukraine’s GDP Fall Quickens By 4.7% -- ITAR-TASS
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made a worse Ukrainian GDP falling forecast from five to 6.5% in 2014
IEV, July 30. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine’s GDP in the second quarter of 2014 has plummeted 4.7% compared the same period in 2013, Ukrainian State Statistics Service said on Wednesday.
The second quarter’s GDP rate went down 2.3% compared with the first quarter with due account of seasonal factor.
The GDP decline has amounted to 1.1% in the first quarter of this year, the republican service said. The country’s GDP slump has deepened by three percent in the first half of 2014, according to preliminary estimates of the Ministry of Economic Development.
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My Comment: All my friends and family in Ukraine are telling me the same thing .... they are telling their kids to leave the country for a better future. And here am I .... living in Canada .... who dreams of one day moving back.
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Not before we get a round of golf in!
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