NBU to begin selecting candidates for position of Director of Monetary Policy Department
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will begin searching for and selecting candidates for the position of Director of the Department of Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis, as Mykhailo Rebryk will be leaving this position on April 23 due to mutual consent and personal reasons.
It is noted that the department falls under the "Monetary Stability" chain of command, the overall management of which is carried out by Deputy Head of the National Bank Volodymyr Lepushynsky.
"Effective monetary policy is a key component of fulfilling the National Bank's mandate to ensure price and financial stability under any circumstances. I am grateful to Mykhailo Rebryk for his significant contribution to the development of macroeconomic analysis, the NBU's forecasts, and staff proposals regarding monetary policy decisions," commented Deputy Head of the regulator Lepushynsky.
As noted by the NBU, the future director of the department will be responsible for implementing the monetary policy strategy and decisions on its instruments, preparing a macroeconomic forecast, developing and supporting a system of forecast models, as well as analyzing state economic policy and the development of the monetary, real, fiscal, and external sectors.
He will also support the activities of the Monetary Policy Committee and coordinate research work at the National Bank in the area of monetary policy, macroeconomic development, modeling and forecasting.
Until a new director is appointed, Taras Tokarczuk, head of the department's economic analysis department, will act as director of the department.
