The amount of cash foreign currency that banks in Ukraine in May cost $ 778 million, which is 38% more than April.
In May 2025, Ukrainian banks imported $ 778 million in cash foreign currency in the country – 38% more than April ($ 564 million). This has been proven by the updated data of the National Bank of Ukraine.
From the total amount:
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457 million dollars are in cash USA – 52% more than April ($ 300 million);
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318 million dollars – for cash euros, which is 22% over a month before.
At the same time, banks took cash currency for $ 324 million overseas.
Ukrainians are more actively buying cash currency in banks. The net purchase in May costs $ 248 million, which is 30.9% more than April (189.5 million dollars) – then this is the lowest in August 2023.
Since the beginning of 2025, the population gained $ 3.595 billion in banks.
Earlier it was reported that last week, the NBU pure currency intervention increased by 23.7% to $ 724.0 million. The maximum indicator per month.
It is also known that the National Bank is considering alleviating the discount rate in the second half of the year. Currently, its level is 15.5%.
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Source: korrespondent
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