On demand of the IMF
The Central Bank of Ukraine has established that the official hryvnia’s value may differ by no more than 2% from the average hryvnias value at the interbank market.
According to c.bank’s resolution (#264 dated April 30, 2009), posted at its official web site, the spread between the official hryvnia/dollar exchange rate and the interbank rate is restricted to no more than 2%.
According to the resolution, the restriction is a part of the financial policy memorandum, which was approved in line with Ukraine`s stand-by arrangement with the IMF.
The official exchange rate between the Ukraine’s hryvnia and the U.S. dollar will now be set based on the weighted-average buy and sell rate on the interbank currency exchange, plus or minus 2%. The c.bank previously set the official rate based on the interbank rate, but it had not established limit on the spread between them.