At the end of Q1 2023, the current account surplus shrank almost 4 times compared to Q1 2022 as a result of a reduction in the value of exports and sanctions restrictions. The financial account deficit was shaped influenced by the reduction of foreign liabilities of all sectors of the economy...

As of Q2-end 2022, the current account surplus went up 4.1-fold compared to the same period of the last year on the back of growth in the value of Russian exports amid high prices for commodities and reduction of imports under the sanctions. The deficit of the financial account of the balance of...

Based on the results of Q3 2022, the current account surplus fell by 32% as compared to Q2 2022 owing to a gradual reduction in exports in value terms and a pickup in imports amid sanctions and establishment of alternative sources of supplies. In Q3 2022, the deficit of the financial account...

In 2022, the Russian economy experienced a profound negative shock associated with the imposition of sanctions against Russia by a number of developed countries, including the freeze of the Bank of Russia’s international reserve assets, Russian banks being cut out of international payment...

The Bank of Russia's decision to reduce the key rate by 0.50 pp to 6.5% was caused by an inflation slowdown to 3.8% in October 2019 relative to October 2018, with a high probability of its continuing downward movement. In this connection, the Bank of Russia has revised its inflation projections...

In Q3 2019, Russia's trade surplus fell significantly due to a declining value volume of exports coupled with a slight growth in imports. Net capital outflow from the private sector was caused by the banking sector's foreign liabilities shrinking at a faster rate than that of its foreign assets....

Russia's central bank adopted a new monetary policy regime in 2018 by raising the key interest rate for the first time since December 2014. After slashing the key interest rate on February 9th and on March 23rd by 0.25 percentage points to 7.5 and 7.25 percent per annum, respectively, the...

In 2019, the significant inflation slowdown translated into a notable monetary policy easing. Over the course of the year, the Bank of Russia reduced its key rate 5 times (from 7.75 to 6.25% per annum), as a result of which, according to the Bank of Russia, it now stands near neutral level. Our...

In 2019, Russia's trade surplus shrank significantly as result of a declining value volume of exports which, in its turn, was pushed down by sliding prices of oil and increasing imports. Meanwhile, net capital outflow that had been observed in 2018 gave way to net capital inflow, to the value of...

Russian Abstract: Данная работа посвящена изучению факторов и механизмов долговременной стагнации в современных экономиках, выявлению степени их влияния на динамику...