The NBU Governor Yakiv Smolii will lead the Ukrainian delegation to 2018 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and and World Bank Group. Today, the Governor of the central bank joined by Deputy Governor Kateryna Rozhkova have departed for Washington D.C. to take part in the meetings.
The official delegation includes Minister of Finance of Ukraine Oleksandr Danyliuk, Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Yurii Butsa, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Maksym Nefiodov, and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Dmytro Shymkiv.
The NBU Governor and his Deputy will participate in the formal events of Spring Meetings covering a wide scope of issues ranging from digital economy, Big Data and financial inclusion to early warning indicators of banking crises, tracking international capital flows and flexible inflation targeting. Short term macroeconomic forecasting is also listed on the agenda.
The Ukrainian delegation will meet with senior officials of the IMF, the World Bank, and the US Department of the Treasury.
In addition to events of 2018 Spring Meetings, the NBU Governor and his Deputy also intend to hold a series of meetings with international organizations and other central banks to discuss cooperation issues, including with Head of the People's Bank of China Yi Gang, Governor of the Bank of Lithuania Vitas Vasiliauskas, Governor of the Riksbank Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank Ewald Nowotny, USAID Administrator Mark Green, officials of the IMF functional departments as well as representatives from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, City Bank, and Сredit Agricole.
Please be reminded that the NBU Governor Yakiv Smolii holds office of the Governor for Ukraine of the International Monetary Fund.
For more information on 2018 IMF Spring Meetings follow the link.