KIEV, Aug. 29 ??“ There are no macroeconomic reasons to make a significant change to the current hryvnia exchange rate, according to First Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Chairman Anatoliy Shapovalov.

"There are no fundamental macroeconomic reasons that could change the current exchange rate??¦ Attempts to level the balance of foreign trade through changing the national currency exchange rate could lead to macroeconomic destabilization, and a worsening of Ukraine's international credit ratings," he said in an interview with Zderkalo Tyzhdnia weekly newspaper, Interfax-Ukraine reported.