The national Bank is expecting a visit of a technical mission of the IMF in November. This was reported by the acting head of the NBU Yakov Smoliy. “We expect the mission (IMF) in November, this will involve review and analysis of the budget for 2018. This can be expected after the consideration of the budget in Parliament after the first reading and of the technical mission will be in Ukraine”, – he stressed. See also: NBU has decided to […]

The national Bank will not prohibit the circulation of rubles on the territory of Ukraine. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the national Bank Oleg Chury. “With regard to the turnover of the Russian ruble, as you know, a few weeks ago, the NBU banned exchangers to accept rubles with the image of Ukrainian territory. This prohibition was caused by the fact that the Central Bank of Russia put into circulation a bill of 200 rubles. Now we have […]

The national Bank decided to raise the discount rate to 13.5% per annum. This was reported by the acting head of the NBU Yakov Smoliy. “The Board has decided to raise the discount rate to 13.5% per annum from October 27,” he said. According to him, tighter monetary policy will help to reduce consumer inflation. He noted that the NBU may resort to further hike in interest rates to lower inflation risks. Meanwhile, in the case of a positive scenario, […]