Inflation in Russia

Gref: economy overheating peak passes

Gref: economy overheating peak passes

The peak of overheating in the Russian economy has been passed, though it is too early to speak about completion of this process, Sberbank CEO German …

Russia's Central Bank analysts raise forecasts for key rate

Russia's Central Bank analysts raise forecasts for key rate

Russia's Central Bank analysts have again raised their forecasts for the average key rate in 2024, this time to 17.1% from the 16.8% they were predicting in July. The 2025 forecast rises to 16.1% from 15%, 2026 to 11.5% from 10.6%, …

Russia's Central Bank: key rate requires significant change

Russia's Central Bank: key rate requires significant change

The balance of arguments on the movement of the key rate has not changed: the Central Bank of Russia's board of directors will in September assess the advisability of raising it at its upcoming meetings, Russia's Central Bank Deputy …

Central Bank: Russia's economy at peak of overheating

Central Bank: Russia's economy at peak of overheating

The Russian economy is currently at the peak of being overheated, head of the Bank of Russia’s monetary policy department Kirill Tremasov said. "I think that the peak of economic overheating is the top point of …

Russia's Central Bank keeps key rate

Russia's Central Bank keeps key rate

The Russian Central Bank has kept its key rate once again, though it holds open the prospect of increasing it at the upcoming meeting, the bank's press service said. "On 7 June 2024, the Bank of Russia Board of …

Gref: Ruble to be stable until year-end

Gref: Ruble to be stable until year-end

According to the Chairmanof Sberbank, the ruble exchange rate will be quite stable in 2024. It is expected that the national currency exchange rate will remain in the range of 90-95 rubles.

Russia's annual inflation slows down to 7.42%

Russia's annual inflation slows down to 7.42%

Annual inflation in Russia in December 2023 slowed down to 7.42% compared to 7.48% in November. In monthly terms, consumer prices increased by 0.73%, the Russian State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported. According to …

Bank of Russia ready to increase key rate once again

Bank of Russia ready to increase key rate once again

Russia’s Central Bank will increase the key rate again unless it sees sustainable slowdown of inflation and inflation expectations' cooling, the regulator’s Deputy Governor Olga Polyakova said. "At …

Key rate in Russia rises to 15%

Key rate in Russia rises to 15%

Today, the Central Bank raised the key rate from 13% to 15%. The decision is related to inflationary pressures.

Bank of Russia to maintain tight monetary policy

Bank of Russia to maintain tight monetary policy

The Bank of Russia admits maintenance of tight monetary policy throughout 2024 for returning inflation to the targeted level of 4%, the regulator’s Deputy Governor Alexey Zabotkin said. "It will probably be …

Putin predicts inflation rate

Putin predicts inflation rate

Inflation rate in the Russian Federation will be about 5% at the end of 2023. This was stated by the President of Russia. He noted that this was a "normal indicator".