UNIAN: NBU cuts key policy rate to 18 percentBy UNIAN. Published May 26, 2016 at 3:31 pm Valeria Gontareva, the Head of the National Bank of Ukraine speaks at the 12th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting on Sept. 12 in Kyiv. Photo by Volodymyr PetrovThe Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to cut the key policy rate to 18 percent, effective May 27.Read the story here.