The event featuring leading financial market experts in Ukraine:
-Volodymyr Lepushynskyi, Director of Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis Department at National Bank of Ukraine
-Konstantin Fastovets, Head of Analytics Department at Adamant Capital
-Yurii Gaidai, Senior Economist at the Centre for Economic Strategy
-Vitaliy Vavryshchuk, Head of Macroeconomic Research at ICU
Moderator: Nataliia Shpygotska, CFA, President of CFA Society Ukraine; Deputy Head of Research at Dragon Capital
Key discussion topics:
-What lessons have we learned after the first year of the war? Challenges of analyzing and forecasting macroeconomic indicators during the war. Forecasts for GDP, inflation, exchange rates, and NBU interest rates: public and private sector views. Did March add optimism for 2023?
-What to expect from the major sectors of the economy in 2023-24 and how to prepare for it?
-The impact of damage to the energy infrastructure on economic activity: expectations and realities
-Financial assistance from partners: short-term and long-term needs.
-State debt and cooperation with the IMF.
-Should we expect an investment boom after the victory?