KYIV, Dec 11 – Ukraine's GDP growth in 2019 will slow to 2.9% from 3.1% this year with the decline in inflation (December on December) from 10.1% to 8%, according to a renewed consensus forecast published by the Economic Development and Trade Ministry on Tuesday.

According to the document, in 2020-2021, the growth of the Ukrainian economy will accelerate, respectively, to 3.1% and 3.9%.

In September 2018, experts expected the country's GDP to increase by 3.1% in 2018 with inflation of 9.5%, and in 2019, by 3% with inflation of 7.4%.