KYIV, Dec 22 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says he expects the stabilization of the hryvnia exchange rate in January 2018 against the background of the exhaustion of seasonal factors affecting the value of the national currency.

"The fluctuation of the exchange rate is absolutely seasonal ... it always happens that way in December. In January sees stabilization and it's absolutely obvious," he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday.