Abstract. In countries based on market relations, the state performs important tasks in regulating the economy. The state actively intervenes in the economy, helps the functioning of the market mechanism, creates a competitive environment, and takes measures to protect the population from negative consequences. The main goal of regulating the market economy by the state is to develop market relations on the basis of certain and known directions, to accelerate the pace of economic development and to take measures to increase the standard of living of the population.