Kyrgyz National Bank sells $202.7 million in its second-largest intervention of 2026

The Kyrgyz National Bank sold $202.7 million on the domestic foreign-exchange market on Sept. 4, making the operation the second-largest intervention recorded by the regulator this year.

The sale consisted of $20.9 million settled on the date of the transaction and another $181.8 million settled on a different date, according to National Bank data. It marked the 11th intervention since the start of 2026.

The year’s largest operation came on June 29, when the bank sold $222.55 million. The Aug. 10 intervention now ranks third, at $196.2 million. In total, the regulator has sold $1.8715 billion in foreign currency since the beginning of the year and has not bought dollars during that period.

The National Bank has said it conducts such interventions to smooth temporary imbalances between supply and demand for foreign currency on the domestic market.