From July 15 to 19, the National Bank of Ukraine actively interacted with the foreign exchange market, selling USD 950.2 million on the interbank market. This is a significant increase compared to the previous week, when sales totaled $532.36 million. At the same time, the NBU bought 270,000 dollars, which is slightly more than last week.
Such data are confirmed by statistics published by the National Bank. For the week, selling volume increased by $417.84 million compared to the previous week, and buying increased by $20,000.
Since the beginning of the year, the NBU has already sold 16.4 billion dollars and purchased 117.8 million dollars. This indicates the bank's active foreign exchange policy aimed at stabilizing the hryvnia exchange rate and regulating the foreign exchange market.
An important step in this context was the decision of the Board of the National Bank of January 25, which provided for the maintenance of the discount rate at the level of 15%. This decision was made in order to maintain the stability of the national currency exchange rate and control inflation in 2024.
It is also worth noting that from October 2, 2023, the NBU switched from the fixed exchange rate regime, and the official dollar exchange rate began to change. This is the first adjustment since July 2022, which indicates the gradual adaptation of monetary policy to new economic realities.
