KIEV, April 14 – There are economic preconditions for strengthening the hryvnia's exchange rate to the dollar, although this is impeded by the large amount of dollars in the country's economic turnover and citizens' deposits, according to the head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Volodymyr Stelmakh.

"We depend on energy and other goods of investment character, where the strengthening of the exchange rate is needed, and it is economically proved... When only the national currency is in economic turnover will serious strengthening be seen," he said, speaking at parliament last week.