FSB agents are not to blame: the hryvnia is flying and will continue to fly into the abyss because of state policy, analysts
Kyiv, September 24 (PolitNavigator, Vladimir Raichenko) – Not 200 FSB agents, as the head of the NBU Valeria Gontareva claimed, but objective indicators contribute to the fall of the hryvnia.
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A PolitNavigator correspondent reports that financial analyst and former Minister of Finance of Ukraine Viktor Suslov said this at a press conference in Kyiv.
First of all, he pointed to the weak personnel policy and the National Bank’s inadequate response to the current emergency situation in the financial sector of Ukraine, and also called not to have excessive hopes for Western help.
“We must understand that the US and the EU always pursue their own goals,” the analyst points out. – And for them there is no goal of providing assistance to Ukraine. And whether the West needs a strong Ukraine, this question hangs in the air.”
It was also said that Ukraine is experiencing a serious monetary and financial crisis, which resulted in a record low hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank market - up to 15 hryvnia per dollar. At the same time, the head of the National Bank called this rate a black market rate, and the Prime Minister explains everything with panic and speculation, arguing that there are no economic reasons for the collapse of the hryvnia.
Viktor Suslov has a different opinion. “And panic, speculation and the development of the black market are, as a rule, the result of government economic policy,” he says. – If speculation is spreading, it means that the regulatory policy is weak and not entirely adequate measures are being taken. We heard that 200 FSB agents were declared the culprits, allegedly rocking the exchange rate, but this cannot be taken seriously, but real indicators must be seriously analyzed.”
Further, the financier proposed to build solely on balance of payments indicators and cited the corresponding statistics.
“Based on the results of seven months, the consolidated balance of payments of Ukraine is negative - minus 4,5 billion dollars, including minus 2 billion 59 million - negative balance of goods and services and minus 2 billion 232 million - negative capital account of financial transactions, mainly for due to the exit of investments from Ukraine,” he recalled official statistics. – The volume of cash outside banks has increased by $2 billion 932 million since the beginning of the year. All these figures indicate that the hryvnia exchange rate cannot be stable, it is falling and must fall.”
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