ICU Group has revised downwards the forecast for Ukraine’s GDP growth in 2019 to 2.3%, Corporate Research Division Head at ICU Oleksandr Martynenko has said. “We have a forecast of GDP growth for this year – 2.3%… Investment demand is quite strongly reduced this year due to the factor of elections and the uncertainty of … Read more
Maersk Ukraine expects a slowdown in the growth rate of the container traffic market in Ukraine next year, Director General of Maersk Ukraine Roman Koloianov has told Interfax-Ukraine on the sidelines of the Ukrainian Port Forum 2019, held in Odesa on May 30-31. “This year will be the last year of active growth [in the … Read more
Ukraine’s GDP growth in 2019 will slow down from 3.3% last year to 2.7% this year and 2.6% next year with the hryvnia exchange rate weakening to UAH 30.5 per $1 by the end of 2019 and UAH 31.5/$1 by the end of 2020, Morgan Stanley bank predicts. According to its survey, this is due … Read more
The growth of the Ukrainian economy in 2018 will accelerate to 3.5% from 2.5% last year, while next year it will slow down to 2.3% due to a decrease in the fiscal stimulation of the economy and the weakening of foreign markets, ICU Investment Group forecasts. “In 2019, economic growth will slow down due to … Read more
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has worsened expectations as of the growth of the Ukrainian economy in 2019 and predicts a slowdown to 2.5%, according to the central bank’s website. “In 2019, real GDP growth will slow to 2.5% (2.9% in the previous forecast), due to the waning effects of higher social standards, the … Read more
The nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine, denominated in U.S. dollars, will increase to $122 billion in 2018 from $110 billion in 2017, the chief economist of Dragon Capital investment company, Olena Belan, predicts. According to her, in 2019 Ukraine’s dollar GDP could reach $130 billion, exceeding $125 billion – a threshold level, exceeding … Read more
The resumption of lending to Ukraine by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the EFF program is the key issue for the survival of Ukraine, providing the country with some certainty and predictability for the near future, Managing Partner of ICU Investment Group Makar Paseniuk has said. “This is the scenario [obtaining the next tranche … Read more