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The hryvnia became the world leader in depreciation

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The hryvnia fell to a seven-year low

The Ukrainian currency almost caught up with the fall of the Russian ruble and took second place in the ranking.

The national currency of Ukraine – the hryvnia – has become one of the leaders in the ranking of world currencies in terms of falling since the beginning of the year. This is evidenced data Thomson Reuters rating.

In January, the hryvnia fell by 5.5%. Only the Russian ruble devalued more this year – 5.6%. In third place is the Swedish krona – 2.9%.

At the same time, the rating of rising currencies was headed by the South African rand – 4.3%, the top three also includes the Colombian peso – 3.6% and the Brazilian real – 2.5%.

Recall the cash exchange rate of the dollar exceeded 29 hryvnia This is the highest since February 2015.

From the beginning of January National Bank sold almost 1.1 billion dollars to maintain the hryvnia exchange rate.

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