People sell more currency, than buy –Gontareva

Last year the Ukrainian banks bought by $1.5 billion more, than sold, and over the first months of 2016, this difference totaled $261 million.

Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeriya Gontareva said this at a press conference in the central bank, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“In 2015, the purchase of currency by the banks from the population was 1.5 billion, while in January-February of the current year people sold by $261 million more to the banks, than bought from them,” Gontareva said.

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