The hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank foreign exchange market on Monday, April 24, strengthened to UAH 26,635 / dollar from UAH 26.72 / dollar at the close of trading on the previous business day.

As the dealers of commercial banks reported, the quotes of the hryvnia to the end of trading amounted to 26.62-26.65 UAH / dollar.

NBU auctioned on Monday bought 49.98 million. The weighted average rate on the results of the auction was 26.6817 UAH / USD.

According to the NBU, the weighted average rate of the hryvnia on the interbank foreign exchange market on that day strengthened to 26.6737 UAH / USD from 26.7328 UAH / USD on the previous working day.

Trade turnover amounted to 291.4 million dollars, whereas on the previous working day amounted to 251.12 million dollars.

On April 13, the NBU decided to reduce the discount rate from 14% to 13% per annum. "Restoring the cycle of monetary policy mitigation is consistent with the need to achieve inflation targets in 2017-2019 and will support the pace of economic growth," the NBU said..

At the same time, the inflation rate will remain within the previously outlined indicators. The forecast of inflation for 2017 remains at the level of 9.1%, for 2018 at the level of 6%. In 2019, inflation is projected to decline to 5%.