Monetary policy of the National Bank of Ukraine: radical changes are needed

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The article analyzes the effectiveness of the NBU's monetary policy. During the period of independence, the National Bank never performed any of the functions stipulated by law. The main instruments of monetary and credit policy at the disposal of the central bank are not used as intended, and therefore do not ensure the performance of the functions entrusted to the National Bank of Ukraine, in particular: they do not ensure the stability of the hryvnia exchange rate, price stability, accelerated socio-economic development of the state and the adopted inflation level. The monetary and credit policy of the National Bank must be radically changed to ensure the implementation provisions of Art. 6 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On the National Bank of Ukraine'. The central bank's efforts must be coordinated with the government's efforts, and the central bank's monetary policy must be coordinated with the government's fiscal policy. In the paper, we propose to change the monetary policy instruments of the NBU in order to direct it to the support of the real sector of the economy and the stability of the exchange rate. The proposed changes provide for the establishment of refinancing rates up to 2%, placement of deposit certificates -2% (minus 2%). At the same time, it is necessary to make changes to the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding the introduction of progressive floating rates of taxation of the profit of financial institutions, limitation of the right to deduct losses from the tax base of financial institutions in certain cases. . . For the actual production of goods with a high added value, provide the reduction of the tax base for the part invested in production, and set the tax rate for the distributed part of the profit at the level of the personal income tax rate. Non- traditional methods of stimulating development are also proposed, in particular the purchase of government securities. The marginal value of government debt securities should be limited to 2-3% of GDP.