In Q 3-4 2016, Russia's economy entered the phase of cyclical growth from the lowest point of the business cycle, its typical feature being the unstable movement patterns of the main socioeconomic development indicators. Inflation hit its historic low. The ruble's strengthening boosted the...

This paper deals with Russia's monetary policy in 2014. The key developments in Russia's monetary policy in 2014 were determined by adverse processes in the Russian economy, which related to the tense geopolitical situation, massive capital outflow and the decline in the price of energy resources

The Russian banking sector in November was aff ected by the same key adverse trends that have been prevailing over the recent months. The monetary authority’s resources still served as the principal source of funding for banks, which is indicative of a systemic shortage of traditional types of...

February 2015 saw almost all of the trends prevailing over the recent months: the retail credit portfolio saw nega- tive growth rates, the quality of the credit portfolio kept deteriorating both in the corporate and retail segments of the credit market, the debt owed to non-residents kept...

Over the past three quarters of 2014 the Russian banking sector encountered a constriction of growth in all of its key resource sources. Retail accounts and deposits and foreign liabilities contracted while growth in corporate customers dropped to low levels. Monetary authorities’ resources,...

It is monetary authorities’ resources that became the principal source of growth in banks’ assets in October 2014. Still high frequency of banking license revocations and the ruble devaluation could hardly recover depositors’ confi dence in the banking system – growth in the deposit base...

In early 2015, Russia’s banking sector was operating under an increasing impact from several negative trends that had first become prominent towards the end of 2014. January 2015 became the second-in-a-row loss making month for banks, the second-in-a-row month of declining debt against retail...

Late in 2014, Russia’s banking sector was driven by the ruble’s devaluation and mounting crisis-related developments in the economy, fi rstly the decline in real disposable household income. Banks sustained big losses for the first time since 2009, and the money market regulator strengthened...

Growth rate in banks’ assets in October 2013 was accelerated with the resources of the Bank of Russia and the Ministry of Finance of Russia. Credit portfolio’s quality has deteriorated in both the retail and corporate segments of the lending market. Banking business keeps losing its...

The dynamics of basic development indicators in the banking sector in November 2013 was governed by the most notorious event of the month in the banking sector, i.e., revocation of the license of Master Bank. The event trig¬gered redistribution of assets and the customer base in favor of major...