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20
September
2021

NBU buys $20 mln on interbank FX market last week

KYIV. Sept 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in the period from September 13 to September 17, within the framework of interventions, bought $20 million on the interbank foreign exchange market, and a week earlier it bought $79.1 million.

According to the NBU, the regulator bought $20 million as part of interventions at the best rate.

In general, since the beginning of 2021, the National Bank bought $1.639 billion in reserves, and sold $197 million.

In January, net purchase amounted to $20 million, in February – $200 million, in March – $50.5 million, after which a net sale of $50 million was recorded in April. In May, the NBU did not enter the market with interventions, in June the balance of purchases was $583.3 million, in July – $188 million, and in August – $199.3 million.