Since the beginning of December, the interventions of the National Bank have reached $4.90 billion, and at the beginning of 2024 – almost $34.6 billion.
This week, the National Bank of Ukraine sold a record amount of money on the interbank market since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine – $1 billion 625 million This was confirmed by data on the regulator’s website on Saturday , December 28.
Thus, the National Bank increased sales of foreign currency by 14.7% ($1.4 billion) compared to the previous week. At the same time, the central bank did not buy money.
Overall, since the beginning of December, the interventions of the National Bank have reached $4.90 billion. The previous record – $3.96 billion – was set in June 2022.
In 2024, the amount of foreign currency sold reached $34 billion 568.5 million, and bought – only $126 million.
We remind you that in December the dollar exchange rate repeatedly updated record levels against the Hryvnia. Overall, since the beginning of 2024, the dollar at the official exchange rate has increased in price by 10.4% or by UAH 3.93.
As you know, on December 12, the National Bank unexpectedly increased the discount rate. The regulator made this decision in response to inflation rising to 11.2% in November.
Source: korrespondent
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