The record rise in the non-cash dollar on the interbank currency market continued on Monday, October 26; a new historical maximum was set for the non-cash dollar and the official NBU rate. The growth on the interbank market also frightened the cash currency market, where price tags not only continued to rise, but in places reached 46 hryvnia and even higher.
By the evening of Monday, the cash dollar in wholesale exchange offices of Kyiv was sold at 45.85 hryvnia – 50 kopecks higher than a day earlier.
Regional centers were not far behind; in some cities the first two digits today changed from "45" to "46". In Dnipro on Monday evening, the dollar was ready to be sold at 45.95 hryvnia (55 kopecks more expensive than last Friday), and in Lviv and Odesa the selling price in wholesale exchange offices by evening was set at exactly 46 hryvnia. The dollar became even more expensive in Kharkiv: 46.17 hryvnia (an increase of 69 kopecks).
Ukrainian banks also joined the devaluation race. The cheapest dollar by the end of Monday was sold at 45.55 hryvnia in Trast Capital Bank and OTP Bank (although the availability of currency was in great doubt), and the most expensive in Accordbank – at 46.32 hryvnia. By evening, four banks set the selling rate at 46 hryvnia and above.
The cash euro did not lag behind either. In Ukraine it grew in parallel with the dollar, as if illustrating the speed of the hryvnia's fall. By the evening of today, the minimum selling price for the euro started from 51.20 hryvnia in MTB Bank, and the most expensive euro – at 51.80 hryvnia – was sold in the same Accordbank.
Analysts of the "Kurs Ukrainy" portal expressed surprise at the lack of reaction from the National Bank to what is happening. In just a few days, the cash dollar in Ukraine grew by almost 3%, putting at risk all the NBU's achievements in containing inflation.
