Residents’ deposits in Ukrainian banks in August decreased for the first time since the beginning of the year – by UAH 800 million, to UAH 2.556 trillion, the main reason being the fall in hryvnia deposits of businesses by 2.1% at once, or UAH 19.68 billion, to UAH 939.09 billion, which other market segments were unable to cover, according to statistics from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).