KYIV, Dec 21 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said that risks that real GDP growth in 2017 could be slightly lower than 2.2% (the forecast made by the central bank in October 2017) have increased.

"Taking into account the lower harvest of late grain and industrial crops than it was expected and the high comparison base of the previous year, a decline in agriculture in Q4 2017 could be larger than it was projected," the NBU said in a press release on Wednesday.