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The increase of foreign exchange reserves in August is due the disbursement of the IMF’s next tranche and the receipt of financial aid from other international creditors, as well as a number of other Central Bank’s FX transactions, according to the NBU press service.

"This was facilitated primarily by the allocation of the IMF’s next tranche under the EFF [Extended Fund Facility] program in the amount of $1.6497 billion. Also, the increase in reserves was due to a disbursement of $508.1 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Commission. In addition, proceeds from the swap operation and RMB conversion totaled $403.3 million," reads the statement.

Net purchase of foreign exchange by the regulator amounted to $9.2 million in August. $249.2 million was allocated for the repayment and servicing of the public and publicly guaranteed debt.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, in August, the funds from the IMF’s second tranche in the amount of $1.7 billion, approved by the IMF Board of Governors on July 31, were accepted in the reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine.

International reserves increased by 1% to $10.4 billion, in July.

Under the IMF program, the Central Bank expects to raise Ukraine’s gold reserves to $18 billion by the end of 2015, and to $22 billion – by the end of 2016 due to the receipt of funds from official creditors and donors.

In 2014, the NBU reserves decreased by $12.883 billion, or 63.1%, down to $7.533 billion as of January 1, 2015.