This paper deals with Russia's monetary policy in 2013

The consumer price index stood at 0.6% in October 2013 (against 0.5% in October 2012), having shown a 0.4 p.p. increase as compared to September 2013. Therefore inflation increased more than 6.3% on a year-over-year basis at the end of the 10-month period. In the first 18 days of November 2013...

The consumer price index stood at 0.5% in December 2013 (0.5% in December 2012), having declined 0.1 p.p. below the value observed in November 2013. As a result, inflation reached 6.5% at the end of the 12-month period. The consumer price index stood at 0.4% within the first 20 days in January...

The consumer price index stood at 0.6% in January 2014 (1.0% in January 2013), rising 0.1 p.p. above the value recorded in December 2013. Inflation reached 6.1% at the end of 12 months. The consumer price index stood at 0.5% within the first 17 days in February 2014. Net capital outflow from the...

In March 2013 the consumer price index made 0.3% (0.6% in March 2012), which is less than in February of this year by 0.3 .p.p. In April, infl ation has also increased: within 15 days of the month CPI made 0.3%. As a result, infl ation reached in annual terms has reached 7.0%. In Q1 2013,...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in January 2016 advanced 1.0% (3.9% in January 2015) and the January median one-year ahead expected inflation rate increased 0.3 percentage points to 16.7%, reaching the highest value since February 2015 when the median one-year ahead expected inflation rate was...

The balance of payments for 2015 shows an increasing surplus in the current account balance, which has resulted from the shrinking deficit in the balance of services, the investment income balance and wages, coupled with the decreasing surplus in the trade balance. The accelerated weakening of...

Russia's current account balance went negative in Q2 2017 due to a growth in imports of goods driven by a strengthening Russian rouble, seasonal growth in imports of services and investment income payments amid stagnating exports of goods after the rising oil price trend grinded to a halt....

The Bank of Russia decided in June to keep the key interest rate unchanged because of worsening geopolitical uncertainty, capital outflows from developing countries as a consequence of tighter US Fed's monetary policy, plans to raise the VAT rate, as well as prices adjustment to a weaker rouble....

The Bank of Russia eased at slow enough pace its monetary policy in 2017 despite substantial deceleration in inflation, holding that ongoing inflation risks were high, including a possible decline in crude oil prices and capital outflow, upturn in consumer demand, fiscal policy uncertainty, as...