REUTERS
Foreign currency deposits at Ukrainian banks in September 2015 were on the rise for the first time since July 2013, having posted a 1.4% increase to $15.1 billion.
The amount of bank deposits in the Ukrainian hryvnia grew by 3.4% over the period under review, to UAH 367.7 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.
Bank deposits in the hryvnia expanded by 0.5% January through September 2015, while those in foreign currency shrank by 22.2%.
The balance of hryvnia deposits in September was 0.5% up, whereas it has declined by 9.4%, to UAH 492.3 billion since the beginning of the year.
The balance of foreign currency deposits in September shrank by 0.2%, whereas it has decreased by 14.9% since the beginning of the year, to $25.5 billion.
As UNIAN reported, the amount of hryvnia deposits at Ukrainian banks in August 2015 grew by 0.1%, to UAH 356.2 billion, while the amount of bank deposits in foreign currency fell by 2%, to $14.9 billion.
In 2014, bank deposits in the national currency shrank by 13.7%, to UAH 364.5 billion, those in foreign currency posted a 37.2% decline, to $19.4 billion.