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- Étienne Farvaque
- Alexander Mihailov
- Piotr Stanek
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This paper examines whether the National Bank of Ukraine’s policy remained rule-like through institutional reform, external constraints, and war. Using monthly data for 2009–2026, we estimate dynamic open-economy Taylor-type rules with inflation, economic activity, exchange-rate, and regime-interaction terms. Policy-rate persistence is strong, while the estimated inflation response changes across regimes and is largest during the full-scale war. The largest rule deviations occur during the 2015 currency crisis, the initial 2022 policy-rate freeze, and the June 2022 tightening. Descriptive event accounting links these episodes to institutional and geopolitical constraints. The evidence is consistent with state-contingent adaptation rather than a wholesale suspension of rules, with implications for monetary credibility and Ukraine’s prospective European integration. Cette étude examine dans quelle mesure la politique monétaire de la Banque nationale d’Ukraine est demeurée fondée sur des règles malgré les réformes institutionnelles, les contraintes extérieures et la guerre. À partir de données mensuelles couvrant la période de 2009 à 2026, les auteurs estiment des règles de politique monétaire dynamiques de type Taylor, adaptées à une économie ouverte, qui intègrent l’inflation, l’activité économique, le taux de change ainsi que des termes d’interaction liés aux différents régimes. Les résultats révèlent une forte persistance du taux directeur, tandis que la réaction estimée de la politique monétaire à l’inflation varie selon les régimes et atteint son niveau le plus élevé durant la guerre à grande échelle. Les écarts les plus importants par rapport aux règles sont observés lors de la crise de change de 2015, du gel initial du taux directeur en 2022 et du resserrement monétaire de juin 2022. Une analyse descriptive des événements permet de mettre ces épisodes en relation avec les contraintes institutionnelles et géopolitiques. Les résultats sont compatibles avec une adaptation de la politique monétaire aux circonstances plutôt qu’avec un abandon généralisé des règles, ce qui soulève des enjeux importants pour la crédibilité de la politique monétaire et les perspectives d’intégration européenne de l’Ukraine.
Suggested Citation
Étienne Farvaque & Alexander Mihailov & Piotr Stanek, 2026.
"From Kyiv to Frankfurt? Ukraine’s monetary policy under war and integration Constraints,"
CIRANO Working Papers
2026s-19, CIRANO.
Handle:
RePEc:cir:cirwor:2026s-19
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JEL classification:
- E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
- E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
- F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
- F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
- O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe
- P34 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Finance
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