Ukraine PM targets economic growth of 5.0pc next year

KIEV, Sept 02 (Reuters): Ukraine's government will target economic growth of 5.0 per cent next year and at least 7.0 per cent in each of the following years, the newly appointed Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said at a televised government meeting on Monday.The economy grew by 3.3 per cent last year and Honcharuk's predecessor, who was voted out of office in an election in July, had forecast growth of around 3.0 per cent this year."The main priority for the government is economic growth. Economic growth is the answer to most of the problems that the state has," Honcharuk said.