KIEV, Dec. 14 – The National Bank of Ukraine in January-November 2011 sold $3.909 billion more in foreign currency on the interbank currency market than it bought, while in January-November 2010 the balance of the central bank's interventions came to $1.94 billion.

According to the NBU, in November 2011 the central bank's deficit was $702.8 million, which is 83.6% higher than in November 2010. At the same time, the currency sales of the NBU fell by 2.1 times, from $1.483 billion, compared to October 2011.