4 November 2015 Market Reviews

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UAH in a slow slide

The NBU yesterday did not hold its routine daily auction of the FX, a practice over the past nearly two months, possibly because of a reluctance to sell FX to market participants. In the OTC market, t ...

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3 November 2015 Market Reviews

Daily Insight

UAH inches down amid NBU sell intervention

The NBU held a second consecutive FX auction selling US dollars to market participants yesterday following last Friday's auction. The prior auction occurred over a month earlier when the NBU did the r ...

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2 November 2015 Market Reviews

Daily Insight

Liquidity declines

Last Friday, the final day of month-end tax payments, started with UAH86.66bn of banking sector liquidity, down UAH2.67bn from the previous day. Banks' correspondent accounts with the NBU declined UAH ...

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30 October 2015 Market Reviews

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IMF considers reviewing its rules

The IMF plans to discuss policy changes which could permit financing to countries in default on official loans, Mr. Gerry Rice, Director of the IMF's Communications Department, said yesterday in Washi ...

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29 October 2015 Market Reviews

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Russia refuses to participate

The Russian Minister of Finance said yesterday that Russia refuses to attend the bondholders' meeting scheduled today regarding the US$3.0bn of bonds issued in 2013 to be recognized as an official loa ...

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28 October 2015 Market Reviews

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Liquidity begins to decline

Banking sector liquidity started its routine decline at the end of the month, down UAH1.79bn to UAH90.06bn yesterday. Banks' correspondent accounts with the NBU fell UAH3.41bn to UAH23.54bn while tota ...

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27 October 2015 Market Reviews

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USA could provide new guarantee for Ukraine

The US government might provide a new, third US$1.0bn guaranteed bond for Ukraine sometime over the next few months, US Minister of Trade Penny Pritzker said yesterday in Kyiv. The US Administration o ...

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26 October 2015 Market Reviews

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Liquidity up slightly

Total CDs outstanding rose UAH1.05bn to UAH65.98bn last Friday to a new record high. At the same time, banks' corresponding accounts with the NBU declined UAH0.74bn to UAH24.84bn and broader banking s ...

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