KYIV, Dec 5 – Ukraine 's forex reserves grew by 0.9% in November, to $18.906 billion, up almost 22% since early 2017, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported Wednesday.
The pace of forex reserves, in particular, was influenced by the receipt of $670.4 million by the government, including $664 million from placement of government domestic loan bonds denominated in foreign currency, as well as expenses for payments on external debt. Thus, payments were made to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the amount of $447.1 million, $ 358.3 million was injected to service and repay the state and state-guaranteed debt in foreign currency, including $18.5 million for servicing the government external loan bonds and $282.2 million for servicing and repayment of domestic government loan bonds.
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