KYIV, Jan 25 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has improved its forecast for Ukraine's gross domestic product growth for 2018 to 3.4% from 3.2%, according to the central bank's website.

"Economic growth will accelerate to 3.4% in 2018. The main driver of economic growth will be private consumption, thanks to the maintained high growth rates of real wages, as well as other incomes, including pensions," the report said.