The losses of the banking system of Ukraine in January 2016 were UAH 0.9 billion, Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing the NBU banking oversight “Revenues and expenses of the banks of Ukraine 2015”.
As per data of the financial regulator, in January 2016 the revenues of the banking system of Ukraine were UAH 12.2 bln, losses – UAH 13.1 bln.
“The losses from trade transactions, which made up UAH 1.8 bln for January 2016 (in January 2015 – UAH 0.2 bln), impacted the reduction of revenues, first of all, due to losses from trade with currency and banking metals”, NBU message says.
Previously Minister of Finance Natalia Yaresko said that the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank do not see essential macroeconomic factors for the wild fluctuation of hryvnia rate.
