Ukraine’s wartime economy and financial resilience

Date

April 13, 2022, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Virtual Event

Nicolas Véron (PIIE), Valeria Gontareva (London School of Economics and Political Science; Former Governor, National Bank of Ukraine) and Patrick Honohan (PIIE)

Event Summary

In addition to the humanitarian crisis and human tragedy caused by Russia's invasion, Ukraine is facing economic and financial distress. Valeria Gontareva, who was Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine in the years immediately following the country's 2014 revolution, joins to discuss the financial and economic disruption of the war and the efforts by Ukraine's central bank to keep the financial system afloat.

Joining this episode of Financial Statements were:

HOST

Nicolas Véron
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

GUESTS

  • Valeria Gontareva
    Senior Policy Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science; Former Governor, National Bank of Ukraine
  • Patrick Honohan
    Nonresident Senior Fellow, PIIE

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About This Series

Financial Statements is a biweekly virtual event series hosted by Nicolas Véron that explores changes in the world of finance, encompassing themes of financial services regulation, corporate finance and governance, systemic fragility and crises, and structural changes driving business and policy trends in the financial sector.