The hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank foreign exchange market on Tuesday, April 25, strengthened to 26.6 UAH / dollar from 26.635 UAH / USD at the close of trading on the previous business day.

As the dealers of commercial banks reported, quotes of hryvnia to the end of trading amounted to 26.58-26.62 UAH / dollar.

NBU auctioned on Tuesday bought 44.9 million dollars. The weighted average rate on the results of the auction was 26.6465 UAH / USD.

According to the NBU, the weighted average rate of the hryvnia on the interbank foreign exchange market on this day has strengthened to 26.6318 UAH / dollar from 26.6737 UAH / USD on the previous working day.

The trade turnover amounted to 335.5 million dollars, whereas on the previous working day amounted to 291.4 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 inflation forecast 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%.