A theme running through the interview is that Zelenskiy wants his own appointee as central bank governor

A theme running through the interview is that Zelenskiy wants his own appointee as central bank governor, an official who will respond favorably to telephone calls from the president’s office. “How many people have called me from the President’s Office with questions about when we will reduce the discount rate?” he recalls. To gin up economic growth, the President’s team wants a weaker exchange rate, higher inflation and lower interest rates.