Macroforecast-2024-25: what awaits the hryvnia, GDP, and inflation?

To kick off the event, Deputy Director of CES Maria Repko will present the forecasts of six leading Ukrainian and international analytical teams and compare them with government projections. On the event “Macroforecast-2024-25: What Awaits the Hryvnia, GDP, and Inflation?” where experts and government representatives will share their perspectives on the Ukrainian economy for the near future.

Representatives of analytical companies:

• Oleksandra Betliy, leading expert at the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting;
• Olena Bilan, Director of Research at Dragon Capital and member of the CES Supervisory Board;
• Oleksiy Blinov, Head of Analytics and Research at Forbes Ukraine;
• Vitaliy Vavryshchuk, Head of Macroeconomic Research at ICU Group;
• Oleksandr Parashchiy, Head of Research at Concorde Capital;
• Olga Pindyuk, economist at the Vienna Institute for Economic Research;
• Evgeniya Sleptsova, Senior Economist at Oxford Economics;

Comments and overview of official forecasts:

• Sergiy Nikolaychuk, Deputy Governor at the National Bank of Ukraine;
• Karlis Smits, Lead Economist at The World Bank;
• Roman Lysenko, Head of the Expert Group on Macroeconomic Forecasting of the Directorate for Strategic Planning and European Integration, Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

Moderator: Maria Repko, Deputy Director of the Centre for Economic Strategy.

The event is one of the activities under the Good Governance Fund Project “Economic Hub: Strengthening Macroeconomic Stability Through Robust Public Financial Management”, which is supported by the UK government (UK International Development). The project delivery partners are Abt Global and Centre for Economic Strategy.