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PM states about non-interference with NBU policy

PM states about non-interference with NBU policy

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko asks to stop hysteria around the government concerning the hryvhia exchange rate. She stated at the sitting of the Cabinet on Wednesday, the ForUm’s correspondent reports.

Tymoshenko emphasized that according to the Ukrainian legislation the government has no right to interfere with this question.

The Prime Minister cited the Article 99 of the Constitution where it is written that the stability of the monetary unit is the main function of the Central bank of the State – the National Bank. “This is the authorities of the NBU and the government is forbidden to interfere with the policy and decisions of the National Bank,” she noted