Azerbaijani population increases cash dollar purchase

Baku. 10 October. REPORT.AZ/ Azerbaijan-based commercial banks sold 385.372 million US dollar to population in August 2018, Report informs citing the Central Bank of Azerbaijan.

According to the information, the dollar sale by banks to population has exceeded the dollar purchase by banks for six months. In the reporting period, banks sold $542.749 million to the population and purchased $157.376 million.

Compared to July, the net cash dollar sale increased 28 times. During this period, the cash dollar purchase declined by 10%, and sale ascended 2.9-fold.