In the past month, the amount of money purchased by the population in May exceeded the amount of its sales by $1.04 billion.
In May, the volume of monetary purchases of the population of Ukraine reached $2.24 billion equivalent. This is a record figure for at least a year. This was confirmed by data from the National Bank on Monday, June 10.
At the same time, currency sales volumes over the past month remained almost unchanged compared to April – $1.27 billion.
Thus, the volume of monetary purchases of the population in May exceeded the volume of its sales by $1.04 billion.
At the same time, individuals bought non-cash money for $0.39 billion and sold it for $0.32 billion.
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We remind you that in May, international reserves of Ukraine decreased by almost 8% – to $39 billion. This is due to the fact that the NBU spent more than 3 billion hryvnia to support the hryvnia. Another more than $600 million was spent on paying off debts.
The National Bank also explained the reasons for the sharp increase in the dollar exchange rate in May. According to the regulator, demand for foreign currency jumped 41% last month.
Source: korrespondent
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