Since the beginning of the year, the regulator sold more than $3 billion in the interbank market, but bought only $17 million.
Over the past week, the National Bank of Ukraine increased the sale of foreign currency in the interbank market for the first time in more than a month. This was confirmed by data on the regulator’s website on Monday, February 19.
So, in five working days, NBU sold $322.6 million. This was the highest volume since the beginning of the year, when the regulator sold nearly $790 million in the week of January 1-5.
Overall, since the beginning of 2024, the National Bank sold $3.2 billion in the interbank market and bought only $17 million.
Last week, the dollar exchange rate on the interbank market increased by about 50 kopecks and for the first time in a month exceeded 38 UAH/dollar. In turn, the official rate increased from 37.62 to 37.97 UAH/dollar.
In the cash market, the American currency first rose from 38.05 to 38.40 UAH/dollar, but by the end of the week returned to the level of 38.10 UAH/dollar.
Let us remind you that the NBU has announced an experiment in the electronic Hryvnia. Within its limits, everyone who wants to protest the e-hryvnia can exchange their cash and non-cash currency for it.
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Source: korrespondent
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