In Q1 2016, inflation slowed down both month-on-month and year-on-year, driven by further decline in internal demand amid a strengthening rouble, as well as due to the high base effect a year earlier. However, expectations for high inflation are still strong, which will stem decline in price...

The BOP (Balance of Payments) statistics for Q1 2016 show considerable shrinkage of the current account surplus due to a decline in exports while imports saw their decline rate slow down. At the same time, the private sector saw capital outflow decrease strongly. As a result, even though the...

Over the period March 2015 – February 2016, the growth rate of prices declined to 8.1%, while the corresponding index for February 2015 – January 2016 amounted to 9.8%. As demonstrated by the results of a survey published by the Bank of Russia, in February the median inflation expectation...

The Bank of Russia's Board of Directors decided in April to keep the key interest rate unchanged on the heels of new sanctions on Russia that affected seriously the Russian rouble. The exchange rate pass-through to prices can guide, sooner than it was expected, inflation closer to its 4% target...

Russia's positive balance of trade increased in Q1 2018 reflecting an increase of exports value amid slower growth of imports deliveries. Private capital outflow was observed triggered by the growth of foreign assets of Russian enterprises amid negative geopolitical expectations

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

The Russian consumer price inflation gained speed in June 2017, up 4.4% from June 2016, which is 0.4 p.p.s above the Bank of Russia's target inflation rate for 2017 and 0.3 p.p.s above the rate seen in May 2017. The price rise was driven basically by the increase, due to adverse weather...

Russian Abstract: На июньском заседании Совета директоров Банк России в третий раз с начала года повысил ключевую ставку на 0,5 п.п.– до 5,5% годовых. Это решение...

Russian Abstract:Исследование посвящено изучению механизмов и оценке степени влияния курсовой волатильности на ключевые показатели деятельности финансовых и...

At its Board of Directors meeting in June, the Bank of Russia raised the key rate for the third time since the beginning of the year, by 0.5 p.p. to 5.5% per annum. This decision was caused by an accelerated inflation triggered by reviving demand as the containment measures were being lifted,...