{
  "id": 17061565,
  "title": "National Bank of Ukraine hikes key rate to 16.5% as expected, signals hold until Q2 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/national-bank-of-ukraine-hikes-key-rate-to-16-5-as-expected-signals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T12:30:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/1228093.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) raised its key policy rate by 0.5 percentage points (pp) to 16.5% per annum, effective October 30, due to a substantial intensification of price pressures and a deterioration in inflation expectations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}