Over the past 2 weeks, a trend toward an increase in the dollar exchange rate has emerged, despite the National Bank's efforts to keep the hryvnia exchange rate high.
Such data were published by the LIGABusinessInform market analysis department, which monitors the exchange rates set by domestic banks.
The average purchase rate of cash US dollars has risen since April 27 (when it reached a minimum of 4.9186 hryvnias per dollar) by 13.2 kopiykas - to 5.0505.
Thus, the average purchase rate of cash dollars today has exceeded its official rate, which has been unchanged since April 22, set by the National Bank at 5.05 hryvnias per US dollar.
At the same time, on the interbank currency market of Ukraine in recent days, the opposite trend has been observed - the non-cash exchange rate of the US dollar is declining.
Economists believe that the main reasons for the decline in the cash rate are the noticeable strengthening of the American currency's position on the international market and the increase in payments to the population, which has increased demand for the dollar and its price at exchange offices.
In addition, according to the opinion of NBU Deputy Chairman Serhiy Yaremenko, the rise in the dollar exchange rate may be related to the situation on the petroleum products market.
Deputies' forecasts regarding the further development of the situation differ. The head of the committee on finance and banking activity, Serhiy Buryak, is confident that the dollar exchange rate will not be higher than what it is now.
Meanwhile, his colleague on the committee, Dmytro Svyatash, states that by mid-summer the dollar exchange rate will return to the mark of 5.3.