KYIV, Sept. 15 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to keep its key policy rate at 12.5% per annum, the NBU said in a press release.

Resolution No. 593-rsh on the size of the refinancing rate was passed by the NBU Board on September 14, the central bank wrote on its website.

"The decision was prompted by the need to return inflation to the target path," the bank said.