If we compare ourselves against the background of other countries, then indeed we are not the largest country in terms of gold reserves. This was on Monday, January 22, during a briefing, Deputy Chairman of the National Bank Oleg Chury.

He also recalled that the largest reserves of gold are in the reserves of the United States of America, Germany, Italy and France.

At the same time, Churiy noted that in 2017 the NBU in general bought foreign currency for 2.3 billion dollars.

At the same time, to smooth fluctuations in the foreign exchange market, the regulator sold about a billion dollars. Thus, the reserves were increased by $ 1.3 billion, and the total amount of reserves growth for 2017 was $ 3.3 billion, "he said..

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, according to the NBU total amount of Ukraine's obligations to the International Monetary Fund to date is 12.1 billion dollars.