KIEV, Jan. 21 – The National Bank of Ukraine monetary committee will consider an increase of the refinancing rate at its meeting scheduled for late January, First Deputy NBU Governor Oleksandr Pysaruk said.

"We have meetings of the monetary committee once a month – this will be [discussed at the next meeting]," he told reporters.

The NBU increased the refinancing rate to 14% from 12.5% on November 13, 2014.