The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Wednesday approved a report on the national budget fulfillment in 2017, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported.
“This budget [the law on the national budget of Ukraine for 2017] first in a long period of time was passed in due time, which allowed holding eligible discussion in the government and eventually with lawmakers. This discussion allowed providing for the financial support of the salary increase, financing the pension reform and road repair… We continued focusing on the reduction of the deficit of the budget,” Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said.
He said that with the approved figure for the deficit of the national budget at 2.7 percent of GDP last year it was 2.6 percent.
