The goal of this work is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the role of Bank of Russia in the formation of money supply, taking into account internal and external factors that determine the development of the economy. First, we examined base theoretical and empirical models of money supply...

The key factor in the strengthening of the real exchange rate of the ruble in the 2000s was the transformation based growth of Russia’s economy (the Balassa–Samuelson eff ect) coupled with the improving foreign trade conditions. As can be concluded on the basis of data for Q4 2014, for the...

Due to the turmoil in the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Russia lifted on the 16th of December the key interest rate up to 17% p.a. in an eff ort to stop the ruble’s rapid depreciation. In December 2014, the consumer price index stood at 2.6% (0.5% in December 2013 ), up 1.3 p.p. above...

The consumer price index stood at 0.8% in October 2014 (0.6% in October 2013), 0.1 p.p. higher than the value observed in September. As a result, inflation boosted up to 8.3% at an annualized rate. The consumer price index reached 1.0% as of the 24th day of November. The Bank of Russia decided...

In November 2014, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) amounted to 1.3% (vs. 0.6% in November 2013), which is 0.5 p.p. above its value recorded in October. In response to the mounting panic in the foreign exchange market, from 16 December the Bank of Russia raised its key interest rate to 17% per...

The consumer price index stood at 0.7% in October 2014 (0.2% in September 2013), 0.5 p.p. higher than the value observed in August this year. Therefore, inflation increased to 8.0% on an annualized basis. The consumer price index reached 0.7% within the fi rst 20 days of October. On September 20...

The consumer price index stood at 0.7% in May 2013 (0.5% in May 2012), showing an increase of 0.2 p.p. vs. April 2013. In June, prices were growing too: the consumer price index reached 0.3% within 20 days of the month, thereby boosting inflation by 7.4% on a year-on-year basis. A downtrend in...

In June 2013, the consumer price index stood at 0.4% (against 0.9% in June 2012), being 0.3 p.p. less than in May 2013. The consumer price index reached 0.8%. within the first 20 days in July 2013. Therefore, infl a?? on exceeded 6.9% on a year-on-year basis. According to Bank of Russia’s...

In July 2013, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) amounted to 0.8% (against 1.2% in July 2012), which is by 0.4 p.p. higher than its value recorded in June 2013. Over the period from 1 August through 26 August, the CPI rose by 0.1%. Thus, the inflation rate in per annum terms increased above 5.6%. In...