KIEV, May 22 ??“ The National Bank of Ukraine will seek to keep consumer inflation under control thus preventing the hryvnia, the national currency, from losing value against the U.S. dollar, NBU Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh said.

The comment shows the NBU, which has already spent $2 billion to support the hryvnia in the first quarter, may be ready to keep selling dollars should downward pressure on the hryvnia resume.