Fitch Ratings forecasts Ukraine's GDP will grow by 2-3% in 2017-2018.
Fitch Ratings says Ukraine's return to the international bond market reduces refinancing risk and boosts reserves, supporting the country's sovereign credit profile, but official lenders, chiefly the International Monetary Fund (IMF), remain the cornerstone of both Ukraine's external financing and its commitment to reform.
The recovery in global growth is strengthening and is expected to pick up to 2.9% this year and peak at 3.1% in 2018, the highest rate since 2010, says Fitch Ratings in its latest Global Economic Outlook (GEO).