The central bank predicts 3.4% GDP growth this year and a slowing to 2.5% next year.

The central bank predicts 3.4% GDP growth this year and a slowing to 2.5% next year. Underpinning growth will be private consumption due to increasing incomes, Yakov Smolii, governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, tells reporters. The bank has slightly raised its inflation forecasts: to 10.% for 2018 and to 6.3% for 2019.