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The Ukrainian central bank for a second consecutive month has kept its key interest rate unchanged at 12.5%, noting that a restrained monetary policy is due to the need to level the risks and achieve inflation targets.
"The need to return inflation to the target values may result in keeping the key rate on hold until the National Bank receives clear signs that the inflation risks have been leveled," the NBU reported on Thursday.
The Board of the National Bank is convinced that achieving price stability is a prerequisite for sustainable economic growth.
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As UNIAN reported, the National Bank on July 6 decided to keep the discount rate at 12.5% per annum after its reduction for two consecutive months, by 1pp in April and by 0.5 pp in May.