KYIV, May 23 – Concorde Capital predicts the acceleration of the restoration of the Ukrainian economy in 2018 along with the active growth of domestic consumption, Concorde Capital Head Ihor Mazepa said.

"Our forecast is the same as expectations of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – 3-3.5%. The key factor is domestic consumption, the trigger or primary driver of which was the increase of the minimum wage early 2017," he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.