BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 18
By Fakhri Vakilov-Trend:
Uzbekistan’s Central Bank has established new foreign exchange rates, which will be in force from Nov. 19 to Nov. 25, 2019, Trend reports with reference to the Central Bank.
According to the bank, the US dollar went up by 10.19 soums and amounted to slightly over 9,500 soums.
In addition, the single European currency went up by 43.53 soums and amounted to slightly over 10,498 soums.
The Russian ruble went up by 19 tiyin (Uzbek cents) and amounted to 149.01 soums.
The US currency has recently been showing slight fluctuations in both directions, while the euro has been rapidly falling in price in recent weeks, but has now grown.
An increase in exchange rate volatility was observed in August at the auctions of Uzbekistan’s interbank currency market. Since the beginning of the year, the dollar against the sum increased by 12.5 percent - from slightly over 8,336 soums on Jan. 1 to 9,384 soums on Aug. 21. Most of the growth occurred in August, when the dollar rose by 679 soums.
In this regard, the Central Bank of Uzbekistan has stopped to set prices for the sale and purchase of foreign currency.
Prices for the purchase and sale of currency will now be formed on the market independently.
Moreover, from Aug. 20, commercial banks began selling foreign currency in cash through exchange offices.
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