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The prime minister believes the economic growth rate may exceed 5% per year.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says Ukraine's economy grew by 3.6% in the first half of 2018 (H1).
"Today we have [economic] growth of 3.6% in the second quarter. This means goods and services worth about UAH 500 billion [US$18 billion] that will be produced by Ukrainian workers and industry. This is very encouraging, but it is not enough. We must grow more, over 5%. But there must be investment and stability in the country," he said at a government meeting on Wednesday, August 22.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry expected that Ukraine's GDP would grow by 3.5% in 2018, while the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade projected a 3.2% GDP growth.