Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – January 4, 2021 – Economy
While the dollar rose in price , in 2020 the National Bank bought $ 4,929 million on the interbank foreign exchange market and sold $ 3,891 million.
Thus, the NBU’s net purchase of foreign currency on the interbank market amounted to $ 1,038 million.
Using the Matching functionality, $ 478.5 million was purchased in 2020 and $ 802 million sold.
During the foreign exchange auctions, $ 270.1 million was sold, while the currency was not bought at the auctions.
At a single rate, $ 4,450.5 million was purchased, and $ 2,818.9 million was sold.
During 2017, the National Bank, in the course of interventions on the interbank market, bought $ 2.271 billion (in 2016 – $ 2.458 billion), sold $ 1.009 billion (in 2016 – $ 906 million).
Thus, the net purchase of foreign exchange in 2017 amounted to $ 1.262 billion.
In 2018, the National Bank bought $ 3,173.78 million on the interbank foreign exchange market and sold $ 1,801.82 million.
In 2019, the National Bank bought $ 8,462.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market and sold $ 529.23 million.