To keep the hryvnia from gaining value, the Central Bank bought $300 million last week

To keep the hryvnia from gaining value, the Central Bank bought $300 million last week, the largest one-week purchase since June. With travel abroad difficult during the upcoming holiday season, demand is weak for dollars. Today’s exchange rate is 27.83 hryvnia to the dollar – 2.6% revaluation since December 1st 2020. So far, the National Bank of Ukraine has bought net $1.3 billion, largely in an effort to weaken the hryvnia and to avoid abrupt currency fluctuations.