Non-residents increase Ukrainian government bonds portfolio by another 11%, to US$838 mln

Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by 3.6 times.

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) says the investment by non-residents into government domestic loan bonds – according to the results of the weekly auction – grows by UAH 2.3 billion (US$84.9 million), or by 11%, to UAH 22.7 billion ($838 million).

Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by UAH 16.3 billion ($601.9 million), or by 3.6 times, due to the purchase of government bonds in hryvnias, the regulator said.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, the injection of non-residents into Ukraine's government domestic loan bonds in 2018 increased by UAH 1.130 billion ($41.7 million), or by 21.7%.

Experts polled by UNIAN say the growing investment by non-residents into the country's government domestic loan bonds had so far posed no significant threat to the stability of Ukraine's forex market.

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