NBU buys almost US$270 mln on Sept 16-20

Over the period under review, the regulator did not sell the currency, just as in the previous six weeks.

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on September 16-20, 2019, bought US$269.6 million in the interbank forex market, which was 36.2% up from the previous week, September 9-13.

Over the period under review, the regulator did not sell any currency, just as in the previous six weeks, according to the report by the NBU.

Since the beginning of the year, the central bank's purchases of foreign currency have exceeded sales by 15 times, or by $3.808 billion, the regulator said.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, the National Bank in August 2019 bought $300 million in the interbank forex market to replenish the country's international reserves.

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