Systemic reforms and changes will allow achieving the growth of the Ukrainian economy by more than 3%, which the government lays in the state budget for the next year, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at a government meeting, while presenting the report of the Cabinet of Ministers' work for January-September 2017.
"A 3% growth is more than UAH 400 billion more than this year; this is tens of thousands of jobs... These figures are not a ceiling, we can increase them if correct systemic reforms and changes are introduced," he said.
The prime minister has noted that the government's task is to develop the national economy so that Ukraine needs no external borrowing.
"We can now ensure the qualitative growth of the Ukrainian economy, even more than 3%, which we are planning for next year," he said.
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According to the central bank's forecasts, Ukraine's GDP growth in 2017 is expected at 1.9%, while in 2018 the growth is expected at 3.2%, and in 2019 – at 4%.
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