According to Smolia, the easing of currency restrictions did not have a serious impact on the currency market of Ukraine.

Inflationary expectations in Ukraine have improved because of the favorable situation in the foreign exchange market. This was told by the acting head of the National Bank of the Ukarin Yakov Smoliy.

"Since the beginning of the year, the strengthening of the hryvnia against the US dollar continued," Smoliy said..

He called the reasons for strengthening the national currency:.

So, since the beginning of the year, the net purchase of foreign currency by banks amounted to almost 1.5 billion US dollars, this currency also went to the interbank.

According to Smolia, the easing of currency restrictions did not have a serious impact on the currency market of Ukraine.

The high currency offer also allowed the NBU to replenish international reserves - on the whole, the regulator bought more than 1.3 billion US dollars, increasing reserves to almost 18 billion dollars.

The NBU also estimated that Ukraine thanks to the IMF can reach $ 20 billion gold reserve by the end of the year.

Recall, the National Bank of Ukraine decided to leave the discount rate at 12.5%.

In addition, the NBU changed the forecast for GDP growth in Ukraine in 2017.