The currency hype that had been bothering bankers and their clients over the last two pre-election weeks has somewhat eased these days. This is evidenced by data published today by the regional branch of the National Bank of Ukraine in the Volyn region. If in the period from October 26 to 29 Volyn residents officially bought at least 2 million dollars daily in banks, then last week people officially bought 500-800 thousand dollars. Recall that due to the hype, banks in the region sold not only dollars bought from the population and on the interbank market, but also at special auctions of the National Bank. In total, from October 15, banks of Volyn purchased 5 million 300 thousand US dollars from the National Bank, which they immediately sold to the population.
Meanwhile, unpleasant news about the dynamics of deposit volumes in banks of Volyn came from the press service of the regional department of the NBU. In October, the population withdrew hryvnia deposits from banks in the amount of 42 million hryvnias. These funds were evidently converted into dollars, as well as into foreign currency deposits. For example, dollar deposits increased by 3 million dollars.