While official Kyiv is claiming that the economy is rebounding, not everyone’s so optimistic. Oxford Economics has just downgraded the forecast for GDP growth in 2021 to 4% from 4.4% in the July forecast. Moreover, the risks of further lockdowns and likely tightening of fiscal and monetary policy have led to a deterioration in the forecast for economic growth in 2022 from 4.2% to 3.5% It expects inflation to average 9.2% this year, with further declines to 6.7% and 5.4% in 2022 and 2023. It also stresses that in 2022, Ukraine will have to pay $ 6.5 billion on public debt.