In total, since the beginning of the year, the regulator bought $80.85 million in the interbank market, and sold almost $9 billion.
In the working week from May 1 to May 5, the National Bank of Ukraine bought $15.87 million in the interbank foreign exchange market and sold $274.70 million. The negative balance reached $258.83 million, according to data from the regulator on Saturday, May 6.
Thus, the NBU reduced the sale of foreign currency by 41% compared to last week, when $442.05 million was sold. This trend continues for the third week in a row.
Year to date, the regulator bought $80.85 million and sold $8,892.17 million. The negative balance of interventions is at $8,811.32 million.
Recall that in April, the NBU reduced the sale of foreign currency from reserves to the lowest since last summer – to $1,370.4 million. Meanwhile, the reserves themselves reached an 11-year record level.
It was also noted that by the end of 2022, the NBU transferred a record amount to the budget.
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Source: korrespondent
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