National Bank Director features in annual Euromoney forum
Gvenetadze spoke about measures taken by the National Bank to avoid “unreasonable inflationary expectations”, and extensively discussed the prospects of digital currency while highlighting related steps taken by the Bank. Photo via National Bank of Georgia
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Koba Gvenetadze, the President of the National Bank of Georgia, took part in the annual Central and Eastern European Forum of Euromoney, a magazine covering global capital markets, between Tuesday and Wednesday in Vienna, the Bank said on Wednesday.
Gvenetadze discussed monetary policy at the two-day event in the contexts of inflationary expectations, fiscal and monetary policy against the background of global challenges, central bank digital money and associated risks and opportunities.
He also spoke about measures taken by the National Bank to avoid “unreasonable inflationary expectations”, and extensively discussed the prospects of digital currency while highlighting related steps taken by the Bank.
Additionally, a meeting with investors at the Forum, organised by Raiffeisen Bank International, saw the President of the National Bank and Georgia’s Deputy Minister of Finance Mirza Gelashvili host a presentation on the country’s fiscal and monetary policy.
The Forum was closed with a meeting of the Community of Leaders of Central Banks, established in 2022, where bankers of Central and Eastern Europe discussed topics of relevance for central banks behind closed doors.
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