On January 26, 2018, the central bank set its key policy rate at 16% per annum.
Ukraine's central bank may further increase the key policy rate to bring inflation to its medium-term target.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on December 13 allocated UAH 4.6 billion (US$165.1 million) for refinancing Ukraine's state-run Oschadbank and Ukrgasbank, and well as Alfa-Bank, according to the NBU website.
The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to raise its key policy rate to 13.5% per annum, effective from October 27, 2017, according to an NBU announcement.
The debt of Ukrainian banks before the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on refinancing loans amounted to UAH 64.496 billion, or US$2.5 billion, as of August 1, 2017, which was 1.4% down from July 1, 2017, according to the NBU website.