OREANDA-NEWS. Gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan will grow by 7% in 2013, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its April report “World Economic Outlook”.

In October 2012, the IMF experts forecasted that the economy of Uzbekistan will grow by 6.5% in 2013. The IMF said that Uzbekistan’s economy rose by 8% in 2012.

According to the IMF forecast, the growth of economy of Uzbekistan will make up 6.5% in 2014.

The IMF’s new report said that the inflation level will decrease from 12.1% in 2012 to 10.9% in 2013. Specialists of IMF forecasted that the inflation level will make up 11% in 2014.

Current account balance surplus will make up 3.5% to GDP of Uzbekistan in 2013 against 2.7% in 2012, the report said. The figure will reach 4.2% in 2014.