It is explained by market expectations and macroeconomic reasons on the eve of the New Year holidays. As reported on Monday, December 18, at a briefing Deputy Head of the NBU Dmitry Sologub, such fluctuations occur annually.

Everyone who goes to the site of the NBU in the archive and looks at the course that was December 19, 2016 or January 15, 2016, it will see that the rate was the same as now.

For today, the exchange rate is volatile and is explained by macroeconomic trends, but also by expectations. If everyone expects the course to weaken at the end of the year, then the hryvnia will weaken, "he assured, adding that it does not matter whether it's the National Bank of Ukraine, the US Federal Reserve or the European Central Bank.

According to him, market expectations play an important role in the short term for foreign exchange market. At the same time, the NBTSU was reminded that the prices for Ukrainian export goods are at a high level, and an important psychological factor is the lack of cooperation with the IMF.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the National Bank of Ukraine set on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, the official exchange rates at the level of:.

100 dollars - 2787.3635 UAH;.

100 euros - 3287.6952 UAH;.

10 Russian rubles - 4,7490 UAH.