Ukraine’s economy grew by 3.8% in the second quarter compared to the same period last year

Ukraine’s economy grew by 3.8% in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, the State Statistics Service reports, updating its provisional estimate of 3.6%. For all of 2018, estimates range from the government’s 3.2% to the World Bank’s 3.5%. By contrast, the total economy of the OECD, a group of 36 largely high income countries, is forecast to grow by 2.5%.