NBU buys US$131 mln more than it sells on interbank forex market in 2017

REUTERS

The situation on the interbank forex market in March remained stable, the NBU said in its macroeconomic and monetary review.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's international reserves in February expanded by 0.1%, to $15.460 billion. There has been no update for March.

In 2016, the NBU bought $1.6 billion on the interbank forex market to replenish the reserves.