Valery Lytvytsky

Fortunately or not, economic analysts cannot keep pace with their peers in politics, who normally air their conclusions immediately after an event. Economic statistics, and resulting economic analyses, are a rather sluggish and time-consuming matter. But on the other hand, this allows analysts to...

The currency market is showing signs of a strengthening hryvnia. Judging from the latest data, is this a steady trend or mere fluctuation of the hryvnia exchange rate? There is no simple answer. In any case, an analysis of the foreign trade activity of Ukrainian business can provide the benchmark...

2003 GDP real growth (8.5%) was 2.1 times higher than that forecast by the Ministry of the Economy (4%) and reflected in the budget. Is this accidental or normal? Unfortunately, Ukraine has been gripped, at least in the past five years, by the syndrome of underrated macroeconomic forecasts. The...

The precipitous decline of the almighty dollar on international markets and a stronger euro call into question the NBU policy of supporting the dollar. As we know, in Ukraine the dollar remains stable no matter what. In responding to such criticism, one should above all stress that the...