Shmyhal named a threat to GDP growth

So far, the government proceeds from an optimistic forecast of economic growth, the Prime Minister explained.

Ukraine’s GDP growth in 2021 should be 4%. But this could be prevented by the next wave of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. I wrote about this the day before in Facebook Prime Minister Denis Shmygal.

“We expect that this year GDP growth will be about 4%, and this will mean that Ukraine has won back the economic decline due to the coronavirus crisis. restrictions “, – said Shmygal.

According to the prime minister, the optimistic forecast is based on a steadily growing consumer demand, an average salary in Ukraine above $ 500, an increase in investments to a four-year record, a record harvest and growth in the agricultural sector.

Earlier this week, the World Bank kept the forecast of economic recovery in Ukraine in 2021 at 3.8% after falling 4.0% in 2020. At the same time, the forecast for economic growth for the next two years has been improved.

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