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Week's balance: Quarantine easing, hryvnia strengthening, and inflation rising
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News Agency UNIAN
In connection with the stabilization of the epidemiological situation, the Cabinet of Ministers eased some quarantine measures, the hryvnia exchange rate strengthened by 18 kopiykas, while inflation rose to 9.5% per annum – these are the key economic developments of the outgoing week. It is noted that the foreign currency supply was significantly influenced by non-residents, who started actively buying Ukrainian hryvnia-denominated bonds, while residents could also sell the currency received from the redemption of foreign currency government bonds last week. Transport prices increased by 12.2%, primarily due to a 37.4% rise in prices for fuel and oils, while travel in railway passenger transport increased by 12%.