The volume of currency purchases by the population in March 2024 exceeded the volume of its sales by $574.8 million. This is the lowest figure since September 2023, according to data from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
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So, in February, the volume of net purchases of foreign currency by the population reached $824.5 million, and in January and December last year exceeded $1 billion.
< p>In particular, in March, the population reduced the volume of purchases of cash currency to $1.78 billion, and its sales increased to $1.26 billion. At the same time, individuals purchased non-cash currency for $0.35 billion, and sold it for $0, 3 billion.
In 2023, Ukrainians sold currencies for $18.2 billion and bought for $23 billion. The net purchase of currency by the population amounted to $4.79 billion.< /p>