Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug 22
By Fakhri Vakilov -Trend:
Citizens of Uzbekistan bought $15 million through exchange points in one day of August 21, of which $9.6 million is bought in cash, Director of the Department of Monetary Policy of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan Begzod Hamraev said, Trend reports citing Uzbek media.
In addition, Uzbeks sold $20 million, he said. Hamraev noted that by the end of the year, the inflation rate of 15.5 percent is expected. For the first half of 2019, it amounted to 13.6 percent.
He said that on August 21, the value of the US dollar on the currency exchange amounted to 9379 soums, decreasing by five soums.
Earlier Trend reported that Central Bank of Uzbekistan no longer sets prices for the sale and purchase of foreign currency. Now prices are formed on the market independently. Moreover, from August 20, commercial banks began selling foreign currency in cash through exchange offices.
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