{"id":125445,"date":"2025-11-09T00:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/125445\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T00:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:20:12","slug":"ukraines-central-bank-nbu-reports-record-49-5-billion-in-foreign-reserves-in-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/125445\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Central Bank (NBU) Reports Record $49.5 Billion in Foreign Reserves in October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine\u2019s international reserves rose by 6.4% in October to $49.5 billion \u2013 the highest level in the country\u2019s independent history \u2013 according to preliminary data from Ukraine\u2019s central bank, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).<\/p>\n<p>The record reserves highlight the impact of Western aid in sustaining Ukraine\u2019s macroeconomic stability amid Russia\u2019s prolonged invasion.<\/p>\n<p>JOIN US ON TELEGRAM<\/p>\n<p>Follow our coverage of the war on the <a class=\"inarticle_link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Kyivpost_official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Kyivpost_official<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The increase was driven by large inflows from international partners, which exceeded both the NBU\u2019s foreign currency sales and the government\u2019s external debt repayments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The current level of reserves is sufficient to maintain the stability of the foreign exchange market, the central bank wrote in its <a href=\"https:\/\/bank.gov.ua\/ua\/news\/all\/mijnarodni-rezervi-stanovili-495-mlrd-dol-ssha-za-pidsumkami-jovtnya\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> on Oct. 7 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-image-container\">                                 <a href=\"https:\/\/static.kyivpost.com\/storage\/2025\/11\/08\/9e6f3be5620d145f41b07362d4afbe13.png?w=2560&amp;f=webp\" data-modal=\"bs-lightbox\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                                     <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"single-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9e6f3be5620d145f41b07362d4afbe13.png\" alt=\"\" pinger-seen=\"true\"\/>                                 <\/a>                                                                  NBU data show that the country\u2019s international reserves rose to a record $49.5 billion in October 2025. The chart illustrates monthly dynamics of Ukraine\u2019s gross and net foreign reserves. Source: NBU website.                              <\/p>\n<p>In October, the government received $6.4 billion in foreign currency inflows to its accounts with the NBU.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These inflows include:<\/p>\n<p>  $4.7 billion from the EU under the G7\u2019s Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine (ERA) initiative, also known as the ERA Loan $1.1 billion via World Bank accounts $507.7 million from the placement of domestic government debt securities $117 million from the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)  <\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s central bank spent $612 million to service and repay the government\u2019s foreign currency debt, including:<\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"col-10 col-sm-3 block-insert-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/63829\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-fluid post-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a1e82ab6af5b46a37c5283d9dba69fa6.jpg\" alt=\"EU Restricts Visas for Russian Nationals Over Ukraine War\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other Topics of Interest<\/p>\n<p>                                <a class=\"title-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/63829\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EU Restricts Visas for Russian Nationals Over Ukraine War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russian nationals will have to apply for a new visa each time they plan to travel to the EU.<\/p>\n<p>                      almost $369 million for domestic government debt securities almost $200 million to the World Bank $16.1 million to the European Investment Bank ((EIB) $15 million to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) $12 million to the EU\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>Ukraine also repaid $84 million to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the central bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the foreign exchange market, the NBU sold $2.8 billion and bought $0.8 million, resulting in net sales of $2.8 billion in October. \u201cNBU\u2019s net sale of foreign currency in October amounted to $2,834.1 million,\u201d the central bank wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Due to the revaluation of financial instruments \u2013 reflecting changes in market value and exchange rates \u2013 reserves increased by almost $127 million during the month.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s current reserve level is sufficient to cover just over five months of future imports, the NBU wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Between August and October, Ukraine received about $13 billion in external funding, with another $15 billion expected by the end of 2025, the NBU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bank.gov.ua\/ua\/news\/all\/inflyatsiyniy-zvit-jovten-2025-roku\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 2025<\/a> Inflation report states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-image-container\">                                 <a href=\"https:\/\/static.kyivpost.com\/storage\/2025\/11\/08\/d6518fb831ca313f220a48293888d8a2.png?w=2560&amp;f=webp\" data-modal=\"bs-lightbox\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                                     <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"single-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d6518fb831ca313f220a48293888d8a2.png\" alt=\"\" pinger-seen=\"true\"\/>                                 <\/a>                                                                  Structure of Ukraine\u2019s international reserves by currency as of Nov. 1, 2025. According to Ukraine\u2019s central bank (NBU), most reserves are held in US dollars, euros and gold. The remainder includes holdings in British pounds, Japanese yen, and Chinese yuan. Source: NBU website                              <\/p>\n<p>The international reserves of Ukraine\u2019s central bank mostly consist of US dollars ($33.8 billion), while 23.7% are held in euros (equivalent to $11.7 billion), according to <a href=\"https:\/\/bank.gov.ua\/ua\/markets\/international-reserves-allinfo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBU data<\/a> as of Oct. 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Gold accounts for 7.1% of the reserves, or almost $3.5 billion. The remainder is held in British pounds, Japanese yen, and Chinese yuan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s international reserves rose by 6.4% in October to $49.5 billion \u2013 the highest level in the country\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-125445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}