This is 1.5% lower than the previous month. As it is said on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine, published on Wednesday, February 14, the volume of NBU bank-issued deposit certificates for this period decreased by 22.1% - to UAH 52.32 billion.

The report also says that in January, hryvnia deposits of individuals decreased in solvent banks by 1.846 billion hryvnia or 0.8%. while the total portfolio of retail deposits fell to 232.923 billion hryvnia.

At the same time, the National Bank was assured that a significant factor in reducing cash balances in January was the effect of the comparison base - a significant increase in deposits in December, caused by significant budget expenditures at the end of the year and advance payment of pensions.

Recall, for 2017 deposits of individuals increased by 19.1%, from the level of 197.112 billion hryvnia.

Two-thirds of banks managed to increase the retail deposit portfolio in 2017.

As reported URA-Inform, in January-September 2017, the level of the shadow economy in Ukraine decreased by three percentage points, declining to 33% of GDP. The detenization of the economy took place against a background of moderate production growth, maintaining exchange rate stability and moderate inflation.