KYIV, Sept 8 – The investment company Dragon Capital has again raised its forecast for real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Ukraine for 2023: it now expects it to be 4.5% compared to the June forecast of 3%, while back in April the company assumed a decline by 0.5%.

"With the economy recovering quickly in the first and second quarters, as well as the intensification of rapid recovery projects that will support the economy in the second half of the year, we expect real GDP to grow by 4.5% YoY in 2023 after falling 29% in 2022 year," Dragon Capital said in a statement on Friday.