KIEV, June 26 –President Viktor Yushchenko has called on the National Bank of Ukraine (to take active steps to increase the money supply on the market to cut rates on credits, Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak said at a briefing on Thursday.

"This is a monetary famine in the country," he said, citing the head of state, who was speaking at a recent closed meeting with NBU officials.