The NBU sold a record amount of currency to support the hryvnia
This is one of the highest indicators since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine.
This week – from December 23 to 27 – the National Bank to support the course of the national currency on the interbank and prevent the fall, sold $1.625 billion.
This is evidenced by the data on the NBU website.
At the same time, the regulator did not buy currency on the market this week.
According to the results of interbank trading, the National Bank set the official exchange rate of the hryvnia to the dollar for Monday, December 30, at the level of UAH 41.9403/dollar, compared to UAH 41.8447/dollar on Friday.
At the beginning of the week, on December 24, it updated the historical low, reaching 41.9910 hryvnias/dollar.
In total, since the beginning of the year, the National Bank bought only $126 million on the market, and sold $34.57 billion from reserves. This is significantly more than for 2022 ($26.38 billion) and 2023 ($28.83 billion).
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