In December 2024, Ukraine experienced a significant increase in demand for foreign currency, prompting the National Bank to raise its sales from its own reserves, according to the regulator's data.
Specifically, during the week of December 23-27, the NBU sold $1.625 billion in equivalent on the interbank foreign exchange market. This figure marked a record high since the onset of the full-scale war in February 2022 and was 14.7% higher compared to the previous week ($1.417 billion).
The negative balance between the volume of currency purchased by the population and its sale decreased from $66.07 million to $61.54 million. Since the beginning of December, the NBU's interventions have already reached $4.90 billion, the highest level since early 2012.