Deposits at Ukraine's banks grow by 3.1% in hryvnias, shrink by 0.2% in U.S. dollars in Sept

Bank deposits in the national currency in Ukraine in September 2019 grew by 3.1%, to UAH 571.8 billion (US$23.1 billion), while deposits in foreign currency shrank by 0.2%, to US$15.4 billion in the equivalent.

Since the beginning of 2019, bank deposits in hryvnias have increased by 5.9%, while those in foreign currency have grown by 15.6%, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) website.

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The balance of hryvnia loans in September expanded by 0.03%, whereas it grew by 0.7% in the nine months of 2019, to UAH 615.1 billion (US$24.9 billion), the regulator said.

The balance of foreign currency loans decreased by 1.2% in September, and it was 6.9% down from January 1, 2019, to US$15.4 billion in the equivalent.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the volume of national currency deposits in Ukrainian banks in 2018 rose by 10%, to UAH 539.7 billion (US$21.9 billion), while foreign currency deposits fell by 2.4%, to US$13.4 billion.