REUTERS
Bank deposits in foreign currency alone amounted to US$17.7 billion.
Bank deposits in the national currency in Ukraine in January 2020 grew by 1.6%, to UAH 651 billion, or US$26.6 billion, while deposits in foreign currency also showed growth – by 2.5%, to US$17.7 billion, in the U.S. dollar equivalent.
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The balance of hryvnia loans over the period under review shrank by 2.1%, to UAH 596.5 billion, or US$24.4 billion, the regulator said.
The balance of loans in foreign currency increased by 1.4% in January, to US$14.9 billion in the U.S. dollar equivalent.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the volume of bank deposits in the national currency in 2019 grew by 18.5%, to UAH 639.7 billion (US$26.1 billion), while deposits in foreign currency expanded by 28.5%, to US$17.2 billion, in the U.S. dollar equivalent.