"We can see from current indicators that our forecast of 1.6% GDP growth in 2017 turned out to be somewhat conservative. It will be higher," Solohub said at a coordination meeting with heads of the country's major banks on Wednesday, September 27.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's GDP rose by 2.3% in the second quarter (Q2) of 2017 year-over-year (y-o-y), while it rose by 0.6% against Q1 2017.
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Ukraine's GDP grew by 2.3% in 2016 against 2015. At the same time, economic growth has been recorded for the first time in Ukraine over the past four years
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank predict Ukraine's GDP may grow by 2% in 2017.
