NBU's net international reserves down 7.8% to USD 28.3 billion in July
The National Bank's net international reserves decreased by 7.8% to USD 28.342 billion in July compared to the previous month.
This is evidenced by NBU data, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
Since the beginning of the year, they have decreased by 2.6% from USD 29.102 billion.
Net international reserves are the difference between gross reserves and the balance of the National Bank and the Ministry of Finance's debt on loans to the International Monetary Fund.
The NBU's official reserve assets decreased by 4.5% to USD 43.041 billion in July, and since the beginning of the year they have decreased by 1.7% from USD 43.795 billion.
At the same time, gross reserve liabilities increased by 2.6% in July to USD 14.698 billion, and have remained almost unchanged since the beginning of the year (USD 14.694 billion).
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in 2024, net international reserves increased by 2.4% from USD 28.381 billion.
In 2023, net reserves increased by 54.6% from USD 18.322 billion.
In 2022, net reserves decreased by 11.8% from USD 20.767 billion.
In 2021, the NBU's net international reserves increased by 14.6% from USD 18.144 billion to USD 20.765 billion.
In 2020, net reserves increased by 14.5% from USD 15.785 billion.